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What is the main reservoir for tick-borne (endemic) relapsing fever?
Which stain is best for visualizing Borreliae?
What is the main mode of transmission for B. recurrentis?
Which Borrelia species is the most important in causing tick-borne (endemic) relapsing fever?
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What is the causative agent of leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic skin lesion in stage 1 of Lyme disease?
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Which animals act as reservoirs for leptospirae?
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How is louse-borne (epidemic) relapsing fever transmitted?
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What is the mode of transmission of leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of louse-borne (epidemic) relapsing fever?
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How is diagnosis of leptospirosis usually made?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the first phase of leptospirosis?
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How is Lyme disease typically transmitted to humans?
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What is the drug of choice for treating leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the second phase of leptospirosis?
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How is lyme disease diagnosed?
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Which stain is best for visualizing Borreliae?
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What is the main reservoir for tick-borne (endemic) relapsing fever?
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How are Borrelia species transmitted, except for B. recurrentis?
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What is the characteristic skin lesion in stage 1 of Lyme disease?
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What is the mode of transmission of louse-borne (epidemic) relapsing fever?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the first phase of leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the second phase of leptospirosis?
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What is the main mode of transmission for B. recurrentis?
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What is the causative agent of leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of louse-borne (epidemic) relapsing fever?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the second phase of leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the first phase of leptospirosis?
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Which type of fever is caused by B. recurrens and transmitted from man to man by human body louse?
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Which disease is typically a biphasic illness with a quiescent period in-between?
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Which is the causative agent of Lyme disease?
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Which is the characteristic spreading circular red lesion with clear center that occurs at the site of tick bite in Lyme disease?
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What is the main mode of transmission for leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the second phase of leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of louse-borne (epidemic) relapsing fever?
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What is the main reservoir for leptospirae?
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What is the drug of choice for treating leptospirosis?
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What is the characteristic symptom of the first phase of leptospirosis?
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Which stain is best for visualizing leptospirae?
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What is the characteristic symptom of lyme disease?
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