Ixodes cookei
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Ixodes cookei is a species of tick in the genus Ixodes. It is normally a parasite of carnivorans, such as raccoons, foxes, and weasels, but has also been recorded on the groundhog (Marmota monax) and the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris).Levine et al., 1991, p. 668; Reeves et al., 2002, p. 50 In the northeastern United States, it is a vector of Powassan virus.Reeves et al., 2002, p. 50
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- {{cite journal |last1=Levine |first1=J.F. |last2=Sonenshine |first2=D.E. |last3=Nicholson |first3=W.L. |last4=Turner |first4=R.T. |title=Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Coastal Virginia |journal=Journal of Medical Entomology |date=1991 |volume=28 |issue=5 |pages=668–674 |doi=10.1093/jmedent/28.5.668|pmid=1941936}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Reeves |first1=W.K. |last2=Durden |first2=L.A. |last3=Ritzi |first3=C.M. |last4=Beckham |first4=K.R. |last5=Super |first5=P.E. |last6=OConnor |first6=B.M. |title=Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA |journal=Zootaxa |date=2007 |volume=1392 |issue=1 |pages=31 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1392.1.2}}
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Category:Arachnids of North America
Category:Animals described in 1869
Category:Parasitic arthropods of mammals
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