Tracking Borrelia afzelii from infected Ixodes ricinus nymphs to mice suggests a direct ‘gut-to-mouth’ route of Lyme disease transmission
Tereza Pospisilova, Veronika Urbanova, Ondrej Hes, Petr Kopacek, Ondrej Hajdusek, Radek Sima
This study tracks Borrelia afzelii transmission from Ixodes ricinus nymphs to mice, showing a direct gut-to-mouth route rather than salivary gland transmission.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology