Investigation of vertical and horizontal transmission of Spiroplasma in ticks under laboratory conditions by Shohei Ogata, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Kodai Kusakisako, Keita Kakisaka, Elisha Chatanga, Naoki Hayashi, Yurie Taya, Yuma Ohari, Gita Sadaula Pandey, Abdelbaset Eweda Abdelbaset, Yongjin Qiu, Keita Matsuno, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao

“…Next, two isolates of tick-derived Spiroplasma, S. ixodetis and Spiroplasma mirum, were experimentally inoculated into Spiroplasma-free Haemaphysalis longicornis colonies and the presence of Spiroplasma in their eggs and larvae was tested. …”
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