A single nymph the size of a poppy seed can deliver Borrelia burgdorferi in under 36 hours of attachment.
A single Ixodes scapularis nymph the size of a poppy seed can deliver Borrelia burgdorferi after roughly 36 to 48 hours of attachment.…
CDC and IDSA guidance hold that Borrelia burgdorferi typically requires 36 to 48 hours of tick attachment to transmit. Removing a…
Inside an unfed tick's midgut Borrelia burgdorferi expresses outer surface protein A, which lets it adhere to gut tissue. Once the tick…
An unattached tick can crawl on a person for hours before biting. CDC's two-hour shower rule is based on field studies showing that…
Ixodid ticks pass through four life stages: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. Larvae, nymphs, and adult females each take one large blood…
United States populations of Haemaphysalis longicornis reproduce parthenogenetically: a single unmated female can lay 1,000 to 2,000…