| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (commonly known as deer ticks or blacklegged ticks) feed on the blood of reservoir hosts and become infected with B. burgdorferi.5 Ticks then transmit the bacteria to other reservoir hosts, or incidental hosts such as humans, during subsequent blood meals.1 The tick needs to be attached between 24 and 48 hours to transmit the bacterium to the new host.6 See F
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