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Alternative Title:
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
Personal Author:
Breuner, Nicole E. ; Dolan, Marc C. ; Replogle, Adam J. ; Sexton, Christopher ; Hojgaard, Andrias ; ... More +
Breuner, Nicole E. ; Dolan, Marc C. ; Replogle, Adam J. ; Sexton, Christopher ; Hojgaard, Andrias ; Boegler, Karen A. ; Clark, Rebecca J. ; Eisen, Lars Less -
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Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing fever group spirochetes are emerging as causative agents of human illness (Borrelia miyamotoi disease) in the United States. Host-seeking Ixodes scapularis ticks are naturally infected with these spirochetes in the eastern United States and experimentally capable of transmitting B. miyamotoi. However, the duration of time required from tick attachment to spirochete transmission has yet to be determined. We therefore conducted a study to assess spirochete transmission by single transovarially infected I. scapularis nymphs to outbred white mice at three time points post-attachment (24, 48, and 72h) and for a complete feed (>72-96h). Based on detection of B. miyamotoi DNA from the blood of mice fed on by an infected nymph, the probability of spirochete transmission increased from 10% by 24h of attachment (evidence of infection in 3/30 mice) to 31% by 48h (11/35 mice), 63% by 72h (22/35 mice), and 73% for a complete feed (22/30 mice). We conclude that (i) single I. scapularis nymphs effectively transmit B. miyamotoi relapsing fever group spirochetes while feeding, (ii) transmission can occur within the first 24h of nymphal attachment, and (iii) the probability of transmission increases with the duration of nymphal attachment.
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Animals
Arachnid Vectors
Article
Borrelia
Borrelia Miyamotoi
Female
Ixodes
Ixodes Scapularis
Mice
Nymph
Relapsing Fever
Time Factors
Transmission
Vector

Source:
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 8(5):677-681.
Pubmed ID:
28501504
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5665651
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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