. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2010 Dec 1;1(4):159–167. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.09.004

Table 5.

Results of experimental attempts to infect New Zealand white rabbits with B. burgdorferi or Anaplasma spp. by feeding potentially infected, wild-caught D. occidentalis adults on them.

Rabbit number	Number of ticks put on rabbit^a	Number of replete ticks tested/ number PCR-positive (%) for:		PCR test results of rabbit blood^b for:

		B. burgdorferi	Anaplasma spp.	B. burgdorferi	Anaplasma spp.
838	14m, 14f	0/22	0/22	negative	negative
839	14m, 14f	0/27	0/27	negative	negative
840	15m, 15f	0/27	1/27 (3.7)^c	negative	negative
841	15m, 15f	0/29	2/29 (6.9)^d	negative	negative
Total	58m, 58f	0/105	3/105 (2.9)

m, male; f, female.

PCR was performed on blood specimens taken before and at 2, 4, and 6 weeks after rabbits had been infested with ticks.

Sequenced as A. bovis.

Both positive amplicons sequenced as A. ovis.