larwy kleszcza mogą zarażać Borrelia - link do badania.

Udowodniono ze larwy kleszcza mogą zarażać Borrelia..

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761128/

Background

Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne human disease and is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.). Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever spirochaete, is transmitted transovarially, whereas this has not been shown for B. burgdorferi (s.l). Therefore, B. burgdorferi (s.l) is considered to cycle from nymphs to larvae through vertebrates. Larvae of Ixodes ricinus are occasionally B. burgdorferi (s.l) infected, but their vector competence has never been studied