Sentences with phrase «by nymphal»

Ten male Indian rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), aged 2 — 3 years were subjected to infection with B. burgdorferi by nymphal Ixodes scapularis tick feeding.

It's clear that climate warming is leading to earlier spring feeding by nymphal ticks, sometimes by as much as three weeks.

Not exact matches

Serology and reisolation from mice on which nymphal ticks fed confirmed that WT and complemented clones infected mice, whereas none of the mice fed upon by nymphs colonized with the ospC mutant became infected (Table 2).

Selected nymphal ticks were processed by indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) staining to evaluate for the presence of intact B. burgdorferi spirochetes.

Borrelia is transmitted to us mainly by ticks, however, it is important to know that ticks in their nymphal stage (new born) is most likely to transmit the bacteria.