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Feeding of Ticks on Animals for Transmission and Xenodiagnosis in Lyme Disease Research
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:16Inoculating Ticks with B. burgdorferi
- 02:38Infecting Mice with B. burgdorferi by Tick
- 04:29Feeding Ticks on Nonhuman Primates for Infection with B. burgdorferi or Xenodiagnosis
- 07:11Results: B. burgdorferi Infected Ticks
- 07:37Conclusion
Lyme disease is the most commonly-reported vector-borne disease in North America. The causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochete bacterium transmitted by Ixodid ticks. Transmission and detection of infection in animal models is optimized by the use of tick feeding, which we describe here.
