Ticks that live on deer and field mice are responsible for spreading the bacterium __________, which causes __________.

• A. Vibrio cholerae; cholera
• B. Salmonella typhi; typhoid fever
• C. Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tuberculosis
• D. Clostridium botulinum; botulism
• E. Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease