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These spirochetes however do not enter the host through salivary secretions into the blood stream. The host becomes infected because the tick's blood meal enters the gut where the spirochetes are located~~, and therefore~~ some of the blood that returns to the bitten area is infected with ~~this bacteria~~. This results in the transmission into the host's blood stream <ref name=Onrust>PMID: 10730551</ref>). Once the bacteria is in the blood stream, the immune system may, or may not destroy this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen pathogen], depending on the presence of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine vaccine]. The type of proteins on the surface of the borrelia detected by the host's immune system determines the fate of the survival of this disease. One of the main outer surface proteins, OspA, plays a major role in the ability of the immune system to destroy these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen antigens] <ref name=Ding >PMID: 11183781</ref>.

These spirochetes however do not enter the host through salivary gland secretions into the blood stream. The host becomes infected because the tick's blood meal enters the gut where the spirochetes are located where some of the blood that returns to the bitten area is infected with borrelia. This results in the transmission into the host's blood stream <ref name=Onrust>PMID: 10730551</ref>). Once the bacteria is in the blood stream, the immune system may, or may not destroy this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen pathogen], depending on the presence of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine vaccine]. The type of proteins on the surface of the borrelia detected by the host's immune system determines the fate of the survival of this disease. One of the main outer surface proteins, OspA, plays a major role in the ability of the immune system to destroy these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen antigens] <ref name=Ding >PMID: 11183781</ref>.

[[Image:Picture_of_borellia.jpg|thumb|300px|alt=text|''Borrelia Burgdorferi'']]

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	These spirochetes however do not enter the host through salivary secretions into the blood stream. The host becomes infected because the tick's blood meal enters the gut where the spirochetes are located~~, and therefore~~ some of the blood that returns to the bitten area is infected with ~~this bacteria~~. This results in the transmission into the host's blood stream <ref name=Onrust>PMID: 10730551</ref>). Once the bacteria is in the blood stream, the immune system may, or may not destroy this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen pathogen], depending on the presence of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine vaccine]. The type of proteins on the surface of the borrelia detected by the host's immune system determines the fate of the survival of this disease. One of the main outer surface proteins, OspA, plays a major role in the ability of the immune system to destroy these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen antigens] <ref name=Ding >PMID: 11183781</ref>.		These spirochetes however do not enter the host through salivary gland secretions into the blood stream. The host becomes infected because the tick's blood meal enters the gut where the spirochetes are located where some of the blood that returns to the bitten area is infected with borrelia. This results in the transmission into the host's blood stream <ref name=Onrust>PMID: 10730551</ref>). Once the bacteria is in the blood stream, the immune system may, or may not destroy this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen pathogen], depending on the presence of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine vaccine]. The type of proteins on the surface of the borrelia detected by the host's immune system determines the fate of the survival of this disease. One of the main outer surface proteins, OspA, plays a major role in the ability of the immune system to destroy these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen antigens] <ref name=Ding >PMID: 11183781</ref>.

	[[Image:Picture_of_borellia.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|alt=text\|''Borrelia Burgdorferi'']]		[[Image:Picture_of_borellia.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|alt=text\|''Borrelia Burgdorferi'']]