The invertebrate host is the tick " Amblyomma rotondatum ".
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The infection is transmitted to humans by the tick, " Amblyomma americanum ".
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Females of large species of " Amblyomma " engorge to a weight of 5 g and lay 20, 000 eggs.
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Two species of tick, " Amblyomma americanum " and " Ixodes pacificus ", are known to parasitize the sparrow.
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Recently the bacteria " Borrelia andersonii " and " Borrelia americana " have been linked to " Amblyomma americanum ".
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""'Amblyomma albolimbatum " "'is a species of tick is generally found feeding on reptiles from the Australasian region.
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Adult males of " Amblyomma geayi " may remain on their hosts for more than three weeks, but the females depart after engorging to oviposit.
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But when " Amblyomma variegatum " adult ticks are also feeding and causing a systemic suppression of immunity in the host, then dermatophilosis becomes severe or even fatal.
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Likely transmission vectors of BYS belong to the " Amblyomma " and " Rhipicephalus " genera, which could help to explain all the particularities observed in BYS versus LD.
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Interest has recently increased in it due to the emergence of STARI, or " Southern Tick-borne Rash Illness ", an unknown disease which is also associated with Amblyomma americanum.