TABLE 2.
Tick samples assessed for M. leprae infection upon exposure by needle inoculation.
| IAN adults |
F1 larvae (n = 30) | F1 nymphs (n = 5) | F1 adults |
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| unfed | day 1 | day 3 | day6 | day 1 | day 3 | day 6 | |||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| RLEP positive | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vertical transmission, from one life cycle stage to the next, was observed for ticks infected as nymphs (IAN), with persistent infection waning by the adult stage of the subsequent generation. The numbers in parentheses are the number of larvae or nymphs per pool.