Abstract
Co-feeding transmission and its contribution to the perpetuation of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia afzelii.
Highlights
5. Beninati T, Lo N, Noda H, Esposito F, Rizzoli A, Favia G, et al First detection of spotted fever group Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus from Italy
Spirochete Borrelia afzelii In Reply: Richter et al [1] have asked an important question: To what extent does the transmission of nonsystemic infections of the Lyme borreliosis spirochete (Borrelia afzelii) between co-feeding nymphal and larval Ixodes ricinus ticks apply to natural tick infestations on wild rodents? The authors conclude that the transmission of infections 3 days after inoculation by tick bite is >100 times less efficient than the transmission of infections that have lasted at least 14 days
How much of the increase from 13.6% transmission at day 3 to 85.4% at day 14 was due to the development of systemic infections is not clear because the feeding sites of the larvae attached ad libitum on the hairless mice were not reported
Summary
5. Beninati T, Lo N, Noda H, Esposito F, Rizzoli A, Favia G, et al First detection of spotted fever group Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus from Italy. Phylogenetic analysis of spotted fever group Rickettsiae by study of the outer surface protein rOmpA.
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