Question

Lyme disease is on the rise in part because forest fragmentation encourages higher populations of deer, which are the most competent reservoir host for the Borrelia bacterium in ticks

True False

Answer 1

True. Lyme disease is on the rise in part because forest fragmentation encourages higher populations of deer, which are the most competent reservoir host for the Borrelia bacterium in ticks. The presence of deer can create an environment that increases the number of ticks and the likelihood of human-tick contact, which in turn increases the risk of Lyme disease transmission.