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. 2014 Feb 11;58(7):937–945. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit939

Table 3.

Results of Xenodiagnostic Testing

Group ID Protocol No. of Fed Ticks Tested by PCR/Culture No. of Positive Ticks No. of Fed and Partially Fed Larvae Tested by IA/PCR/ESI-MS No. of IA/PCR/ESI-MS Positive Results
EM A-01 2 6 0 4 2
EM PTxa A-01R 2 ND ND 10 0
EM PTx B-01 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
EM PTx B-02 1 1 0 N/A N/A
EM PTx B-03 1 2 0 N/A N/A
EM PTx B-04 1 8 0 N/A N/A
EM PTx B-05 2 11 0 11 0
High C6 C-01 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
High C6 C-02 1 1 0 N/A N/A
High C6 C-02R 2 ND ND 21 0
High C6 C-03 1 1 0 N/A N/A
High C6 C-03R 2 ND ND 9 0
High C6 C-04 1 5 0 N/A N/A
High C6 C-04R 2 ND ND 24 0
High C6 C-05 1 1 0 N/A N/A
High C6 C-06 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
High C6 C-06R 2 ND ND 23 0
High C6 C-07 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
High C6 C-07R 2 ND ND 20 0
High C6 C-08 2 8 0 ND ND
High C6 C-09 2 19 0 ND ND
High C6 C-10 2 9 0 ND ND
PTLDS D-01 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
PTLDS D-02 1 5 1 N/A N/A
PTLDS D-02R 2 1 0 1 1
PTLDS D-03 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
PTLDS D-04 1 7 0 N/A N/A
PTLDS D-05 2 22 0 ND ND
PTLDS D-06 2 24 0 ND ND
PTLDS D-07 2 15 0 ND ND
PTLDS D-08 2 7 0 5 0
PTLDS D-09 2 ND ND 24 0
PTLDS D-10 2 5 0 5 0
HV E-01 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
HV E-02 1 1 0 N/A N/A
HV E-03 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
HV E-04 1 3 0 N/A N/A
HV E-05 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
HV E-06 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
HV E-07 1 2 0 N/A N/A
HV E-08 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
HV E-09 2 8 0 10 0
HV E-10 2 11 0 11 0

Abbreviations: EM, erythema migrans; EM PTx, after completing antibiotic therapy for erythema migrans; High C6, subjects with persistently elevated C6 antibody serum levels; HV, healthy volunteers; IA/PCR/ESI-MS, isothermal amplification followed by polymerase chain reaction and electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy; N/A, not applicable; ND, not done; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PTLDS, posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome; R, repeat xenodiagnostic procedure.

a Procedure was repeated 7 months after completing antibiotic therapy and the patient was asymptomatic. Nymphal ticks were tested by PCR and culture in protocol 1; larval ticks were tested in protocol 2. Direct testing of ticks by IA/PCR/ESI-MS was performed only under protocol 2. Individual ticks were evaluated by only 1 of the 2 methods.