Folia Parasitologica 53[2] 153-158 (2006) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2006.020

Effect of salivary gland extract from Ixodes ricinus ticks on the proliferation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in vivo

Martina Macháčková, Miroslav Oborník, Jan Kopecký
Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia and Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Saliva-activated transmission (SAT) of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto was demonstrated using real-time PCR and salivary gland extract (SGE) from partially fed Ixodes ricinus ticks. C3H/HeN mice were injected intradermally with 1.5 × 103 spirochetes mixed with 40 µg of SGE per mouse. The control group was inoculated with the same dose of spirochetes without SGE. The accelerating effect of SGE on spirochete proliferation was demonstrated on day 1 post infection, when a 4.2-fold increase in spirochetes was found in the skin and a 10-fold increase in the blood, compared with control mice. The data represent the first direct evidence of a SAT effect of I. ricinus SGE on infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorferi.

Keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi, Ixodes ricinus, saliva-activated transmission, salivary gland extract, real-time PCR

Received: October 7, 2005; Accepted: December 2, 2005; Published: June 1, 2006  Show citation

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Macháčková, M., Oborník, M., & Kopecký, J. (2006). Effect of salivary gland extract from Ixodes ricinus ticks on the proliferation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in vivo. Folia Parasitologica, 53(2), 153-158. doi: 10.14411/fp.2006.020
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