Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134019192
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 11MC
Two weeks after a backpacking trip in Tennessee, a hiker experienced flulike symptoms and noticed a red rash on his thigh. What is the likely cause of his illness?
- a. Treponema pallidum pertenue
- b. Borrelia burgdorferi
- c. Borrelia recurrentis
- d. Leptospira interrogsns
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