One rare skin manifestation of this disease seen in Europeans is a form of lymphocytoma usually appearing as a single bluish-red spot near either the earlobe or nipple.
One rare skin manifestation of this disease seen in Europeans is a form of lymphocytoma usually appearing as a single bluish-red spot near either the earlobe or nipple. Its causative agent contains one linear chromosome and 21 plasmids, and is protected from a host T-cell immune response by the salivary protein Salp15. Due to frequent coinfection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, this disease is treated using (*) doxycycline, and transmission of this disease requires binding of OspA to TROSPA. This condition can cause widespread skin atrophy and migratory polyarthritis, particularly in the knees, upon dissemination, and it can also cause a characteristic bulls-eye shaped rash known as erythema migrans. Transmitted by the Ixodes tick. For 10 points, name this disease that is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and is named for a town in Connecticut
One rare skin manifestation of this disease seen in Europeans is a form of lymphocytoma usually appearing as a single bluish-red spot near either the earlobe or nipple.
Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis or borreliosis