Infected Ixodes scapularis Nymphs Maintained in Prolonged Questing under Optimal Environmental Conditions for One Year Can Transmit Borrelia burgdorferi ( <i>Borreliella genus novum</i> ) to Uninfected Hosts-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Infected Ixodes scapularis Nymphs Maintained in Prolonged Questing under Optimal Environmental Conditions for One Year Can Transmit Borrelia burgdorferi ( Borreliella genus novum ) to Uninfected Hosts

Published:2022-08-31 Issue:4 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Samanta Kamalika¹^ORCID,Azevedo Jose F.²,Nair Nisha²,Kundu Suman²^ORCID,Gomes-Solecki Maria¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

2. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Abstract

Lyme disease is rapidly spreading from its usual endemic areas in the Northeast, Midwest, and Midatlantic states into neighboring areas, which could be due to changing climate patterns. Our study shows that unfed I. scapularis nymphal ticks kept under optimal environmental conditions in the laboratory survived for a year while exhibiting aggressive host-seeking behavior, and they maintained a B. burgdorferi infection prevalence which was sufficient to infect naive reservoir hosts after tick challenge.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.01377-22

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