The nurse instructs an anxious mother of a child with Rocky Mountain spotted fever that the disease is:
a. extremely contagious among humans.
b. contracted from handling unvaccinated animals.
c. a hemolytic B Streptococcus infection spread by droplet transmission.
d. a serious disease contracted from the bite of a tick.
D
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is contracted through the bite of a tick vector. It is not contagious among humans.
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