TABLE 2.
Recovery of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes from skin, joints, or organs after necropsy of dogs challenged with B. burgdorferi-infected I. scapularis
| Dog no. | Recovery of B. burgdorferi from:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin | Joints | Bladder | Heart | Kidney | Spleen | |
| 1 | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 2 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| 3 | + | + | + | − | − | − |
| 4 | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| 5 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| 6 | + | + | − | − | − | + |
| 7 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| 8 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| 9 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| 10 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| 11 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| 12 | + | + | − | + | − | − |
| 13 | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| Total no. (%) of dogs with the indicated result | 12 (92) | 12 (92) | 2 (15) | 2 (15) | 1 (8) | 2 (15) |