<prompt> A 43 year-old executive presents to a physician with chronic symmetric polyarthritis involving the knees. The man gives a history of having developed an extensive rash after a deer-hunting trip several years earlier. He recalls that he felt sick at that time and developed knee pain that prevented him from climbing stairs for several months, but then partially resolved. Which of the following organism is most likely etiologically related to the patients arthritis?FungusGN cocciGP cocciSpirochete  <response>: A ns. D. SpirocheteLymes disease: Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete.a. Transmitted by bite of Ixodid ticksb. Natural reservoir: Deer, rodents other animalsc. IP: 3-30 daysd. 3 stages, stage of local infection, stage of disseminated infection stage of persistent infection in the form of oligoarthritis, encephalomyelitis, polyneuropathy, encephalopathy etc. 