“蜱虫”英语怎么说

　　摘要:北京昌平区疾控中心昨日确认，回龙观龙泽苑西区出现蜱虫，一名居民和多只宠物狗被叮咬。回龙观地区办事处和物业已展开全面排查、监控、宣传和消杀工作。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

　　The disease control center in suburban Changping district on Tuesday started all-round disinfections in a community where a resident and some pets were suspected of being bitten by ticks last week.

　　The woman, surnamed Li, who lives in Longzeyuan community of Changping district, said she was stung by a bug on her right shoulder several days ago and then felt an itch and had small blood spots all over her body, which made her suspect it was a tick.

　　上周北京小区居民和一些宠物怀疑被蜱虫叮咬，周二，北京昌平区疾病控制中心开始在该小区全面消毒。家住昌平区龙泽苑小区的李女士说，她在几天前右胳膊被虫子叮咬，之后感到痒，全身起小血点，她怀疑是蜱虫。

　　【讲解】文中的tick即指蜱(pí)虫，tick一般指(钟表等的)滴答声，如Life is short.Tick tock, tick tick. 人生苦短，光阴似箭。蜱虫是许多种脊椎动物体表的暂时性寄生虫，是一些人兽共患病的传播媒介和贮存宿主。被蜱虫叮咬后临床病例多表现为发热伴白细胞(white blood cell)、血小板(platelet)数目减少，目前一些病例被诊断为人粒细胞无形体病human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA)。