Abstract
There are three families of ticks recognized in the world today:
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Ixodidae (hard ticks).
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Argasidae (soft ticks).
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Nuttalliellidae (a small, curious, little-known group with some characteristics of both hard and soft ticks).
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Goddard, J. (2000). Tick-Borne Diseases. In: Infectious Diseases and Arthropods. Infectious Disease. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-721-5_4
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