Amblyomma cajennense is an intrastadial biological vector of Theileria equi

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Transstadial transmission experiment 2, A. cajennense nymphs fed to repletion on T. equi infected horse Ho-266

Sex	Fresh adult gut	35 day adults		Transmission fed (# recovered/# applied)	Tested after transmission
Sex	Fresh adult gut	Gut	SG		Gut	SG
♂♂	0/10	0/20	0/20	9/90	0/9	0/9
♀♀	0/10	0/21	0/21	96/97	0/15	0/15

Parasitemia (as estimated by qPCR) during time of nymphal feeding 1.16 × 10⁵ genome copies per ml. Ticks were sampled at various intervals before and after transmission feeding (freshly molted adults, adults after 35 days, and adults after transmission feeding). 50 days after molting ticks were applied to Ho-212 for transmission feeding.

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