When Lyme Disease Was First Being Investigated,the Observation That Frequently

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Multiple Choice

When Lyme disease was first being investigated,the observation that frequently only one person in a household was infected was a clue leading to the discovery that the disease was spread by arthropod bites.Why was this so?

• A)Mosquitoes (an example of arthropods)are never inside a house.They are strictly outdoor animals,so they couldn't spread the infection inside the household.
• B)Mosquitoes (an example of arthropods)only bite once in their life cycle.As such,they can only transmit the illness once before they die.Even if an infected mosquito was inside a house,it could therefore only infect one human.
• C)If the infection is spread by the bite of an arthropod,it wouldn't spread easily by respiratory secretions,direct contact,or sexual contact between individuals within the family.
• D)Arthropods lose their mechanical ability to bite a human after a single bite,much like certain bees that lose their stinger after a single sting.This prevents them from transmitting the infection to more than one individual in a household.

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