If your doctor asks you if a tick or mosquito has bitten you recently, what might she be trying to figure out?
a.
if you have contracted a vector-borne pathogen
b.
if you are infected with a blood-borne pathogen
c.
if you have been exposed to airborne pathogen
d.
if you have come in contact with a pathogen carried on surfaces

What the doctor is trying to figure out if you are asked if you have been bitten by a tick or mosquito is an infection from a blood-borne pathogen. Mosquitoes and ticks are two of the most common carriers of blood-borne pathogens. How these pathogens penetrate into our bodies is through their bites. The answer would be option B.