Question: A 38 year old male returns from a backpacking trip along the Appalachian Trail. Near the end of the trip in North Carolina, he went off trail to stop at a lake and acquired dozens of Ixodes ticks. Short after return, the patient comes down with fever and a macular rash over his entire body. What is the most likely cause of this? Group of answer choices Coxiella burnetii Ehrlichia chaffeensis Borrelia burgdorferi Rickettsia rickettsii