Failure of Ixodes Ticks To Inherit Borrelia afzelii Infection
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- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 64 (8) , 3089-3091
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.64.8.3089-3091.1998
Abstract
To define conditions promoting inherited infection by Lyme disease spirochetes in Ixodes ticks, we variously infected ticks with Borrelia afzelii and examined their progenies by dark-field microscopy, immunofluorescence, PCR, and serial passage. No episode of inherited infection was evident, regardless of instar or gender infected or frequency of exposure. We suggest that these spirochetes rarely, if ever, are inherited by vector ticks.Keywords
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