Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
by vanattab on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @05:22PM
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Why is a tic biting a human and transferring Borreliosis not considered zoonotic?
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Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
by littlestymaar on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:54AM
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My understanding is that if the tick was only a vector between two humans (for instance, malaria isn't a zoonosis, because the mosquito is just transmitting the disease between humans), then it would not be a zoonosis. But in most cases with Lyme disease, the tick is actually transmitting the disease from another animal to a human, therefore it is indeed a zoonosis.[1]
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#Transmission