NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
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Sarah contracted Lyme’s disease from a tick. In the chain of infection, Sarah is the:
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causative agent
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reservior
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susceptible host
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mode of transmission
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -burgdorferi is the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), but chipmunks (Tamias striatus), short-tailed and masked shrews (Blarina brevicauda and Sorex cinereus), and eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) also serve as infectious hosts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction. Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease caused by the spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted enzootically between ticks and their hosts, resulting in approximately 300, 000 cases annually in the United States1, 2.
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