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ARLKQ

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Discuss factors contributing to the growing threat of emerging diseases.

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Discuss Lyme disease. What is its history and etiology?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Increase in world travel.
Changing ecological conditions.
Rise of drug-resistant strains of infectious organisms.
Increasing urbanization of society.

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The newest form of infectious arthritis.
Caused by spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.
Carried by ticks that inhabit the fur of deer and mice.
25,00035,000 new cases each year in the U.S.
Named after a town in Connecticut.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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