Table 2 Infection rates (infected/analysed) of ticks after feeding on mice of experiment 1
From: Larvae of Ixodes ricinus transmit Borrelia afzelii and B. miyamotoi to vertebrate hosts
Mouse | Challenge 1 | Challenge 2 | Challenge 3 | Challenge 4 | PCR-positive tissues | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. burgdorferi (s.l) | 1 | 1.3 (1/75) | 0 (0/81) | 2.2 (1/45) | 0 (0/48) | - |
2 | 0 (0/32) | 0 (0/39) | 3.8 (1/26) | 0 (0/13) | - | |
3 | 1.7 (1/60) | 0 (0/64) | 0 (0/34) | 0 (0/34) | - | |
4 | 0 (0/47) | 0 (0/31) | 0 (0/32) | 0 (0/26) | - | |
5 | 0 (0/80) | 0 (0/47) | 0 (0/55) | 1.3 (1/75) | - | |
6 | 0 (0/44) | 0 (0/58) | 0 (0/37) | 0 (0/20) | - | |
7 | 0 (0/84) | 0 (0/39) | 0 (0/36) | 0 (0/44) | - | |
8 | 2.2 (1/45) | 2.1 (1/47) | 0 (0/51) | 0 (0/4) | - | |
9 | 0 (0/73) | 2.9 (1/35) | 0 (0/15) | 0 (0/21) | - | |
10 | 0 (0/102) | 3.2 (2/63) | 0 (0/33) | 71.4 (20/28) | Ear | |
total | (3/642) | (4/504) | (2/364) | (21/313) | ||
B. miyamotoi | 1 | 0 (0/75) | 2.5 (2/81) | 0 (0/45) | 2.1 (1/48) | - |
2 | 0 (0/32) | 7.7 (3/39) | 0 (0/26) | 0 (0/13) | Spleen | |
3 | 3.3 (2/60) | 0 (0/64) | 0 (0/34) | 0 (0/34) | Spleen | |
4 | 0 (0/47) | 0 (0/31) | 0 (0/32) | 3.8 (1/26) | - | |
5 | 1.3 (1/80) | 0 (0/47) | 0 (0/55) | 1.3 (1/75) | - | |
6 | 0 (0/44) | 0 (0/58) | 2.7 (1/37) | 0 (0/20) | - | |
7 | 0 (0/84) | 0 (0/39) | 0 (0/36) | 0 (0/44) | - | |
8 | 0 (0/45) | 0 (0/47) | 0 (0/51) | 0 (0/4) | - | |
9 | 17.8 (13/73) | 14.3 (5/35) | 0 (0/15) | 0 (0/21) | - | |
10 | 0 (0/102) | 0 (0/63) | 3 (1/33) | 3.6 (1/28) | - | |
total | (16/642) | (10/504) | (2/364) | (4/313) | - |