NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Lyme disease is an infection caused by a a species of bacteria of the Borrelia genus: Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by the bite of a tick of the Ixodes genus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Babesia microti is spread by Ixodes scapularis ticks, which are commonly called blacklegged ticks or deer ticks. (Although white-tailed deer are the most important food source for the adult stage of the tick, deer are not infected with B. microti.) The parasite typically is spread by the young nymph stage of the tick.

Detailed explanation-4: -In order to get Lyme disease, a person must be bitten by a blacklegged tick (also known as deer tick or bear tick) that is infected with the Lyme disease bacteria. On average, about 1 in 3 adult blacklegged ticks and 1 in 5 blacklegged tick nymphs (immature stage) are infected with Lyme disease bacteria.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Lyme disease bacteria causing human infection in the United States, Borrelia burgdorferi and, rarely, B. mayonii, are spread to people through the bites of infected ticks.