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Infection and Immunity, October 2002, p. 5893-5895, Vol. 70, No. 10
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.10.5893-5895.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Differential Survival of Lyme Borreliosis Spirochetes in Ticks That Feed on Birds

Klaus Kurtenbach,1* Stefanie M. Schäfer,1,2,3 Henna-Sisko Sewell,1,3 Mick Peacey,2 Andrew Hoodless,4 Patricia A. Nuttall,2 and Sarah E. Randolph3

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St. Mary's Campus, London W2 1PG,1 The Game Conservancy Trust, Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 1EF,4 NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford OX1 3SR,2 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom3

Received 11 April 2002/ Returned for modification 4 June 2002/ Accepted 5 July 2002

The abilities of the most common European genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato to survive blood meals taken by ticks feeding on birds were analyzed. A pattern of differential survival of the spirochetes in feeding ticks was observed. The result is consistent with the concept of selective transmission of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Pl., London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 20 7594 3693. Fax: 0044 20 7594 3693. E-mail: k.kurtenbach{at}ic.ac.uk.

Editor: D. L. Burns


Infection and Immunity, October 2002, p. 5893-5895, Vol. 70, No. 10
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.10.5893-5895.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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