Lyme disease becomes chronic because
A) Borrelia changes its surface antigens frequently.
B) Borrelia can lie dormant in liver cells.
C) the bacterium resists phagocytosis.
D) Borrelia is an intracellular parasite of erythrocytes.
E) the bacterium resists phagocytosis and "hides" erythrocytes.
A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: Bacterial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases
Learning Outcome: 21.16
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