NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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A tick that feeds on the mouse then bites the human.
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The human breathes in dust containing dried urine from the mouse.
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The infected mouse bites the human.
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The human cleans the litter box of a pet cat that ate the mouse.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The disease is typically spread when immature ticks, which are called nymphs, bite mice that are infected and then bite humans.
Detailed explanation-2: -How do people get Lyme disease? transmitted to ticks when they feed on infected animals and then to humans through the bites of the infected ticks. It is not transmitted directly from person-to-person by touching or kissing. areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The disease can be spread when an infected tick bites a person and stays attached for a period of time. In general, the tick must be attached for 36 to 48 hours or more. Lyme disease does not spread from one person to another. Transfer of the bacteria from an infected pregnant woman to her fetus is extremely rare.
Detailed explanation-4: -3) How do small mammals play a part? Mice, chipmunks and shrews play a major role in infecting blacklegged ticks with the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. Ticks feeding on these animals can acquire two or even all three pathogens from a single bloodmeal, says Ostfeld.