Directions: Complete the given paragraph by selecting the most appropriate answer from the given options and fill blank (9). Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness that causes fever and _____ (5) and can prove _________ (6). It's one of a handful of diseases carried by ticks that are increasingly infecting people in the US. "Deer are very important in the life cycle of the ticks that _________ (7) the diseases because they provide a place for the ticks over winter to survive, to _________ (8) and to feed. And deer have markedly increased over the past 50 years in the northeast of the United States due to _________ (9).