Considering the Increase in Tick-Borne Diseases in the Context of "One

question 40

Multiple Choice

Considering the increase in tick-borne diseases in the context of "One Health," which of the following statements is correct?

• A) Lyme disease has spread from deer to humans upon increasing development of the forested environments usually inhabited by deer.
• B) Ticks carrying multiple pathogens reproduce at a slower rate, rendering them less likely to infect humans.
• C) Borrelia, Babesia, and Ehrlichia can rapidly adapt to changing insect vectors, thereby increasing their populations as they move from ticks to mosquitoes.
• D) Ticks carrying Borrelia are likely to encounter hosts already infected with Babesia or Ehrlichia, resulting in ticks that co-infect with multiple pathogens.

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Definitions:

Job Mobility

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