Two weeks after a backpacking trip in Tennessee, a hiker experienced flu-like symptoms and noticed a red rash on his thigh. What is the cause of his illness?

A) Treponema pallidum pertenue
B) Borrelia burgdorferi
C) Borrelia recurrentis
D) Leptospira interrogans


Ans: B) Borrelia burgdorferi

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