Vectors

Ticks that carry Tularemia

Tick species the editorial seed associates with Tularemia. Each row links to the field-guide entry for that tick.

Ticks that carry it

5 known
TickScientific nameOne-liner
American dog tickDermacentor variabilisThe American dog tick transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia across the eastern two-thirds of the US and Pacific Coast.
Lone star tickAmblyomma americanumThe lone star tick spreads ehrlichiosis, STARI, and the bite-acquired alpha-gal red-meat allergy across the Southeast and lower Midwest.
Pacific Coast tickDermacentor occidentalisThe Pacific Coast tick is found from Oregon to Baja California and transmits Pacific Coast tick fever, a 364D rickettsiosis.
Rabbit tickHaemaphysalis leporispalustrisThe rabbit tick feeds almost exclusively on cottontails and ground-nesting birds and rarely bites humans, but can carry tularemia.
Rocky Mountain wood tickDermacentor andersoniThe Rocky Mountain wood tick carries spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, and a saliva neurotoxin that causes reversible tick paralysis.