A single Ixodes scapularis nymph the size of a poppy seed can deliver Borrelia burgdorferi after roughly 36 to 48 hours of attachment. Most diagnosed Lyme cases trace back to nymphs, not adults, because they are easy to miss.
A single nymph the size of a poppy seed can deliver Borrelia burgdorferi in under 36 hours of attachment.
Ixodes scapularis takes three blood meals over a roughly two-year life cycle. Larvae and nymphs feed mainly on white-footed mice and other…
CDC and IDSA guidance hold that Borrelia burgdorferi typically requires 36 to 48 hours of tick attachment to transmit. Removing a…
Field studies in the northeastern United States routinely find a single white-footed mouse carrying dozens of attached Ixodes scapularis…
The Lyme disease bacterium was identified in 1981 by Willy Burgdorfer at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, who was…
Adult female Ixodes scapularis are about 3 millimeters long with a solid dark scutum behind the head and an orange-red abdomen. Adult…