The nurse is providing care to a child who is diagnosed with Lyme disease. The mother wants to know how to protect her other children from contracting this disease from the infected child. Which should the nurse include in the teaching session regarding the transmission of this disease process?

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Lyme disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected black-legged ticks, which typically feed on infected animals such as deer and mice. Thus, the disease is passed from animals to persons, not directly from person to person, adult to child, or person to insects.

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