Table 2. Length of B. burgdorferi s.l. infection in three rodent species based on biopsy cultures in Barbour–Stoenner–Kelly H medium.
| Host species and number | Isolate | Genospecies* | First isolated | Reisolated | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. gossypinus | |||||
| SC-128A | SCSC-2 | B. b. s.s. | 4/17/95 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 03/06/99 | 03/06/99; infected |
| CM-1 | SCW-37 | B. b. s.s. | 4/21/95 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 06/06/00 | 06/06/00; infected |
| SC-168A | SCGT-4 | B. b. s.s. | 5/6/95 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 02/22/00 | 02/22/00; infected |
| SC-165A | SCGT-3 | B. b. s.s. | 5/6/95 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 04/20/99 | 04/20/99; infected |
| SC-172A | SCGT-5 | B. bis. | 5/6/95 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 03/26/00 | 03/26/00; infected |
| CWB-44 | BUL-10 | B. b. s.s. | 6/20/97 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 04/00 | 05/04/01; ear, heart kidney, spleen negative cultures |
| CWB-59 | BUL-13 | N. I. | 11/1/97 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 04/00 | 12/27/00; not cultured |
| S. hispidus | |||||
| Cotton rat3 | MI-7 | B. b. s.s. | 6/17/92 | 12/16/93 | 12/16/93; infected |
| Cotton rat11 | MI-8 | B. bis. | 6/17/92 | 02/07/94; 11/19/94 | 11/19/94; infected |
| N. floridana | |||||
| WR-3 | SCW-18 | B. bis. | 4/17/95 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 04/00; 03/20/01; 02/12/02; 11/01/02 | 11/21/02; not cultured |
| SC Wedge | SCW-63 | B. bis. | 6/1/95 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 04/00; 03/20/01; 02/12/02; 11/01/02 | Still alive 6/1/03 |
| SC-227 | SCGT-20 | B. b. s.s. | 1/1/96 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 04/00; 03/20/01; 02/12/02; 11/01/02 | 03/17/03; not cultured |
| CWB-49 | SCJ-4 | B. bis. | 7/1/97 | 09/27/97; 12/98; 04/00; 03/20/01; 02/12/02; 11/01/02 | 11/22/02; not cultured |
*
Identity-based restriction fragment length polymorphism B. b. s.s., B. burgdorferi s.s.; B. bis., B. bissettii; N. I., not identified.