Vectors/Reservoir for Spirochetes
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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)
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