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To examine the specimen collected, if it is still alive, it is recommended that you immobilize it by placing it in a freezer for 5 to 10 minutes.

Ticks spend a part of their lifecycle on the ground and another part attached to the skin of their host, feeding on their blood.

Ixodes scapularis is a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease in french), of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (anaplasmosis), of Babesia microti (babesiosis), of Powassan virus (Powassan encephalitis), of Borrelia miyamotoi and of the newly described Ehrlichia muris-like agent.