Table 2.
Dog infection status in blood and in cultures after infesting with needle-inoculated ticks
| days post infection | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dog ID | Inoculum | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 38 |
| Fed08-15 | WT_Ech | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | ₊ | − |
| Fed09-15 | WT_Ech | − | − | − | − | + | ₊ | − | − | − |
| Fed10-15 | Ech_0480 | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| Fed11-15 | Ech_0480 | − | ₊ | − | − | + | − | ₊ | ₊ | − |
PCR and culture
PCR only