Growth kinetics and transmission dynamics of <i>Borrelia afzelii</i> in <i>Ixodes ricinus </i>

Abstract

Laboratory model for Lyme disease was used for a revision of Borrelia afzelii / Ixodes ricinus transmission cycle. The behaviour of B. afzelii in different phases of the transmission cycle was analyzed. The role of the tick vector I. ricinus in the transmission of B. afzelii was investigated.