Larvae become infected from feeding on
an infected white footed mouse.
Not exact matches
Larvae acquire pathogens after feasting on
infected white -
footed mice.
The uninfected larvae acquire Borrelia only after taking a blood meal from
infected white -
footed mice previously bitten by other
infected ticks.
Their preferred host is also the
white -
footed mouse but humans can accidentally become
infected by nymphs.
Dogs typically get
infected from the saliva of ticks, especially brown dog ticks, after they bite a
white - tailed deer, a
white -
footed mouse or another mammal with Babesia in its blood.