Vectors/Reservoir for Spirochetes

What tick transmits Lyme disease in Europe?

Ixodes ricinus

What animals serve as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi?

The white-tailed deer and white-footed mouse

What bacteria cause louse-borne relapsing fever in Africa?

Borrelia recurrentis

What insect transmits Borrelia recurrentis?

The human body louse

What is the primary host or reservoir for louse-borne relapsing fever?

Humans

What bacteria cause tick-borne relapsing fever in the western United States?

Borrelia duttonii and Borrelia hermsii

What type of tick transmits tick-borne relapsing fever?

Ornithodoros (soft-bodied ticks)

What are the primary animal reservoirs for tick-borne relapsing fever?

Rodents

What tick species transmit Lyme disease in the United States?

Ixodes (dammini) or scapularis

Ixodes pacificus (western United States)