Glass capillary tube feeding: a method for infecting nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) with the lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.

Broadwater, Anne H; Sonenshine, Daniel E; Hynes, Wayne L; Ceraul, Shane; De, Silva Aravinda M

Broadwater, Anne H; Sonenshine, Daniel E; Hynes, Wayne L; Ceraul, Shane; De, Silva Aravinda M.

Affiliation

Broadwater AH; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

J Med Entomol ; 39(2): 285-92, 2002 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11931028

Subject(s)

Borrelia burgdorferi/physiology; Ixodes/microbiology; Animals; Feeding Behavior; Glass; Lyme Disease/microbiology; Mice; Mice, Inbred C3H; Nymph/microbiology; Salivary Glands/microbiology

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