Life Cycle of Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis

Figure 5.3

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jada Garofalo

This figure appears in chapter 5 of the The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment report.

Figure depicts the life cycle of blacklegged ticks, including the phases in which humans can be exposed to Lyme disease, and some of the changes in seasonality expected with climate change. (Figure source: adapted from CDC 2015)f4eeeade-8af7-4d4a-9a9c-af712338b208

This figure was created on September 09, 2010.

This figure was derived from webpage CDC Tick Life Cycle and Hosts .

References :

• webpage CDC Tick Life Cycle and Hosts (f4eeeade)