A college student is seen in the university clinic with body aches and a bull’s eye shaped rash on his arm as shown in the picture. He recently returned from a camping trip to Connecticut. He reports having removed a black-legged tick from close to the rash site. Which of the following other organisms can this tick also be a vector of?
A. Cytauxzoon felis
B. Rickettsia rickettsii
C. Babesia microti
D. Francisella tularensis
E. Colorado tick fever virus
