. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Jan 31;9(3):535–542. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.01.002

Table 2.

Transmission of Bo. mayonii resulting in infection in experimental rodent hosts in relation to duration of attachment by a single infected I. scapularis nymph versus multiple and simultaneously feeding infected nymphs.

Strain	% experimental hosts infected in relation to duration of attachment by infected ticks (no. experimental hosts infected / no. exposed to bites by infected ticks)				Reference
Strain	24 h	48 h	72 h	Complete feed	Reference
Transmission by a single infected nymph
MN14–1420				40 (2/5)	Dolan et al., 2016
MN14–1420	0 (0/24)	0 (0/17)	31 (5/16)	57 (8/14)	Dolan et al., 2017
	0 (0/24)	0 (0/17)	31 (5/16)	53 (10/19)
Transmission by multiple and simultaneously feeding infected nymphs
MN14–1420	33 (1/3)	0 (0/3)	67 (2/3)	88 (7/8)	Dolan et al., 2016
MN14–1420	0 (0/3)	25 (1/4)	71 (5/7)	83 (5/6)	Dolan et al., 2017
	17 (1/6)	14 (1/7)	70 (7/10)	86 (12/14)