Amblyomma
(am″blē-om′ă)
[ambly- + Gr. omma, eye]
A genus of ticks that includes the Lone Star tick (A. americanum) and the Gulf Coast tick (A. maculatum). Some species cause tick bite paralysis; others are vectors of human ehrlichiosis, rickettsial diseases, or tularemia.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Amblyomma." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752644/all/Amblyomma.
Amblyomma. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752644/all/Amblyomma. Accessed July 22, 2019.
Amblyomma. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752644/all/Amblyomma
Amblyomma [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 July 22]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752644/all/Amblyomma.
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