queermunist, hace 11 meses Though the primary bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, has occasionally been isolated from lone star ticks, numerous vector competency tests have demonstrated that this tick is extremely unlikely to be capable of transmitting Lyme disease. The spirit of your comment has merit, though. Instead of covering people with ticks we should just directly inject alpha gal to induce an allergic reaction. Much more sanitary!
Though the primary bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, has occasionally been isolated from lone star ticks, numerous vector competency tests have demonstrated that this tick is extremely unlikely to be capable of transmitting Lyme disease.
The spirit of your comment has merit, though. Instead of covering people with ticks we should just directly inject alpha gal to induce an allergic reaction. Much more sanitary!