File:Tick Mouth (48881159777).jpg

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This image shows how the design of the mouth makes ticks generally difficult to remove once they've attached for a blood meal.

The incidence of reported cases of tickborne diseases in the United States has significantly increased in recent years. It is expected to continue to grow as tick species expand their geographical reach and new tick-transmitted pathogens emerge, raising the potential for serious human illness and death. A new strategic research plan from the National Institutes of Health aims to build on — and accelerate — new and existing research initiatives to improve scientific understanding of ticks and the pathogens they may transmit and to develop the necessary tools and strategies to better diagnose, prevent and treat tickborne diseases.

<a href="https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIH-Strategic-Plan-Tickborne-Disease-Research-2019.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIH-Strategic-Plan-...</a>

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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