Single-tick experiments uncover shifting immune defenses during earliest stages of bacterial infection

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Research using single-tick experiments found that bacteria carried by Gulf Coast ticks can reach a host within an hour of attachment and then spread to lymph nodes and internal tissues. The work examines early immune defenses and infection progression.

Bacteria from the Gulf Coast tick can be transmitted to its host within one hour of attachment before spreading rapidly to lymph nodes and internal tissues, according to new research by a recent graduate of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine.