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  • Title: Preliminary studies on virus and spirochete accumulation in the cement plug of ixodid ticks.
    Author: Alekseev AN, Burenkova LA, Vasilieva IS, Dubinina HV, Chunikhin SP.
    Journal: Exp Appl Acarol; 1996 Dec; 20(12):713-23. PubMed ID: 9004495.
    Abstract:
    We provide evidence that tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. are accumulated in the cement plug in the host skin within the first few hours after tick attachment. Extirpation of the tick without the cement plug, even very soon after the attachment, did not prevent the transmission by Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus or Dermacentor reticulatus to mice. This was within 1 hour in the case of the TBE virus and after 20-22 h of attachment, in the case of Borrelia and I. persulcatus. The epidemiological significance of these findings is discussed.
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