Ixodes cookei

Ixodes cookei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Ixodes
Species:	I. cookei
Binomial name
Ixodes cookei Packard, 1869

Ixodes cookei is a species of tick. 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). ^[1] In the northeastern United States, it is a vector of Powassan virus. ^[2]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

1. Levine et al., 1991, p. 668; Reeves et al., 2002, p. 50
2. Reeves et al., 2002, p. 50

Literature cited

• Levine, J.F.; Sonenshine, D.E.; Nicholson, W.L.; Turner, R.T. (1991). "Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Coastal Virginia". Journal of Medical Entomology. 28 (5): 668–674. doi:10.1093/jmedent/28.5.668. PMID   1941936.
• Reeves, W.K.; Durden, L.A.; Ritzi, C.M.; Beckham, K.R.; Super, P.E.; OConnor, B.M. (2007). "Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA". Zootaxa. 1392 (1): 31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1392.1.2.