The following are true regarding Lyme's Disease, except:-
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.
Systemic Bacteriology (Haemophilus, Yersinia, Spirochaetes, Ricketssia, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Miscellaneous Bacteria)
lt is transmitted by ixodid tick.
Erythema chronicum migrans may be a clinical feature
Borrelia recurrentis is the aetiological agent
Rodents act as natural hosts
Borrelia recurrentis is the aetiological agent