Table 2 Dynamics of infection in animals experimentally inoculated with spirochetemic blood collected from humans with soft tick-borne relapsing fever in Colombia [68]
From: Historical overview and update on relapsing fever group Borrelia in Latin America
Animal (n)a | Collection of the inoculated blood sample (febrile/afebrile period) | Days to first observation of spirochetes in bloodb | Consecutive days of visible spirochetes in bloodb | Relapsing occurrence (no. of animals with relapsing) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wild rat, undetermined species (2) | Febrile | 2 | 3 | No relapse |
Young guinea pig (3) | Febrile | 2–4 | 1 | No relapse |
Young rabbit (1) | Febrile | 1 | 1 | No relapse |
White rat (6) | Febrile | 1 | 3 | Yes (2)d |
White rat (2) | Afebrilec | 4 | 1–4 | Yes (2)e |