The following are true regarding Lyme’s Disease, except:-
Correct Answer: Borrelia recurrentis is the aetiological agent
Description: Option 1, 2, 4 Lyme's disease Causative agent = B. burgdorferi Transmitted by bite of Ixodid ticks /Hard tick Replicates locally & invades locally Centre - periphery Erythema Chronicum migrans Annular rash / bull's eye. Associated with ch. ahritis Option 3 B. recurrentis: causes Relapsing fever Reason for relapse is antigenic variation, shown by its causative agent B. recurrentis.
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