CDC - Vector Interactions and Molecular Adaptations of Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever Spirochetes Associated with Transmission by Ticks

	EID Home \| Upcoming Issues and Ahead-of-Print Articles \| Past Issues \| EID Search \| Contact Us Volume 8, Number 2, February 2002 *Perspective* Vector Interactions and Molecular Adaptations of Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever Spirochetes Associated with Transmission by Ticks *Tom G. Schwan and Joseph Piesman^†***National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA; and ^†Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

	Back to article Figure 3. Borrelia hermsii visualized with an anti-variable small protein (Vsp) 33 antibody in a squashed salivary gland of Ornithodoros hermsi. Persistent infection of the salivary glands allows these spirochetes to be transmitted in only minutes while these ticks feed.

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