Ixodes scapularis Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (a type of bacterium), human babesiosis, caused by the rodent protozoan, Babesia microti, and, apparently, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis are spread by the bite of I. scapularis.
(Lyme disease; caused; by Borrelia burgdorferi (a type of bacterium), human babesiosis) (human babesiosis; caused; by the rodent protozoan)
Lyme disease human babesiosis
caused caused
by Borrelia burgdorferi (a type of bacterium), human babesiosis
by the rodent protozoan