(A) IFA of midgut tissues from partially
fed nymphal ticks infected with B31 - A3 WT, ospC7 mutant, or ospC7 / ospC +4 complemented B. burgdorferi clones.
(B) Confocal image of IFA of salivary glands from partially
fed nymphal ticks.
Not exact matches
It's clear that climate warming is leading to earlier spring
feeding by
nymphal ticks, sometimes by as much as three weeks.
Ten male Indian rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), aged 2 — 3 years were subjected to infection with B. burgdorferi by
nymphal Ixodes scapularis tick
feeding.
Finally, we
fed a portion of our
nymphal ticks on clean mice as controls to validate the absence of spirochetes in our tick colony.
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).
Kahl O, Janetzki - Mittmann C, Gray JS, Jonas R, Stein J, de Boer R. Risk of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato for a host in relation to the duration of
nymphal Ixodes ricinus
feeding and the method of tick removal.