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Bacteriology

Borrelia and Leptospira

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A field team studying Lyme disease in the upper Midwest finds infected immature Ixodes ticks feeding on small mammals. Adult ticks commonly feed on deer. Human risk rises when infected ticks remain attached longer.

Which vector-and-bacterial-reservoir pairing best fits the North American Lyme cycle?