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Feeding of Ticks on Animals for Transmission and Xenodiagnosis in Lyme Disease Research
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Lyme disease is the most commonly-reported vector-borne disease in North America. The causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochete bacterium transmitted by Ixodid ticks. Transmission and detection of infection in animal models is optimized by the use of tick feeding, which we describe here.
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Embers, M. E., Grasperge, B. J., Jacobs, M. B., Philipp, M. T. Feeding of Ticks on Animals for Transmission and Xenodiagnosis in Lyme Disease Research. J. Vis. Exp. (78), e50617, doi:10.3791/50617 (2013).
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