
You go hiking in the woods with some of your classmates. A few days after the hike, your friend Alice calls to tell you she is not feeling well and that she is going to skip soccer practice that evening. She says she has a weird rash on her leg and wonders if she was bitten by a spider while your were hiking. She sends you a photo of the rash. You are in your final semester of nursing school and have recently studied disease of the cardiovascular system. You think that the rash that Alice has is a sign of Lyme disease, and offer to take her to the urgent care to get medical help. While you are waiting to see a clinician, you review answer Alice's questions about Lyme disease.
-Lyme disease is a zoonosis with humans being an accidental host. What does this mean?
A) Borrelia bergdorferi is transmitted to animals from humans AND the bacterium cannot complete its life cycle in humans.
B) Borrelia bergdorferi is found predominantly in zoo animals AND the bacterium cannot complete its life cycle in humans.
C) Borrelia bergdorferi is transmitted to humans from animals AND humans are not the normal host for the tick vector.
D) Borrelia bergdorferi is found predominantly in zoo animals AND the tick vector cannot complete its life cycle in humans.
E) Borrelia bergdorferi is found predominantly in zoo animals AND humans are not the normal host for the tick vector.
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