UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
Adaptation of an in vitro generated human skin model for tick feeding to study Borrelia burgdorferi transmission and colonization
Adaptation of an in vitro generated human skin model for tick feeding to study Borrelia burgdorferi transmission and colonization is a funding opportunity from UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER, up to 417845, closing July 31, 2027.
Jul 31, 2027
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Abstract The Lyme Disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi is estimated to cause nearly half a million human infections in the U.S. every year. Transmitted by the blacklegged deer tick (Ixodes scpaularis), B. burgdorferi is passed between rodents, ticks and large mammals to complete its complex enzootic cycle. Humans get…