4. How many species of ticks carry the Lyme disease spirochetes? List three species of ticks found. Approximately how many species of fleas, mites, mosquitoes, or flies how been found to carry the Lyme disease spirochete?

At least nine species of ticks, six species of mosquitoes, 13 species of mites, 15 species of flies, two species of fleas, and numerous wild and domestic mammals including rabbits, rodents, and birds have been found to carry the spirochete that causes Lyme disease.

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