"Lyme borreliosis: a review of data on transmission time
after tick attachment."
Cook MJ.
/International Journal of General Medicine/. 2014 Dec
19;8:1-8. eCollection 2015.

dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S73791

"...It is frequently stated that the risk of infection is very low if the tick is removed within 24-48 hours, with some claims that there is no risk if an attached tick is removed within 24 hours or 48 hours.

A literature review has determined that in animal models, transmission can occur in <16 hours, and the minimum
attachment time for transmission of infection has never been
established. Mechanisms for early transmission of spirochetes have been proposed based on their presence in different organs of the tick. Studies have found systemic infection and the presence of spirochetes in the tick salivary glands prior to feeding, which could result in cases of rapid transmission. Also, there is evidence that
spirochete transmission times and virulence depend upon the
tick and /Borrelia/ species.

These factors support anecdotal evidence that Borrelia infection can occur in humans within a short time after tick attachment."

When I was reinfected last year, the tick was only attached for about 2 hours tops.

Before that, when I was treating Lyme last time, I had a tick attach an in minutes I started feeling a lot worse!!

While we all know that it happens in a much shorter time than what most doc's admit to, there wasn't any medical articles to refer to that showed this - now we have something to back us up!!

LOL! I subscribe to a lot of news feeds!! LOL! That's why you won't see me on the forum really early in the day, I'm off reading those articles or emailing with other members.

I think that there is not enough studies that have been done yet to know for sure - they say that dog ticks don't carry the spirochetes, but they also say that there is no such thing as chronic Lyme and that herbs are not effective!

If you will notice, the LLMD's and leading Lyme researchers are not commenting on this yet. That's why I won't say that the other species of ticks don't carry Lyme.

The other thing you have to consider is that we speak of Lyme and include all the strains, when the ID 'officials' speak of Lyme, they are only speaking of one strain - Borrelia Burgdorferi. But considering there are over 300 strains so far in the world, and only about 30 of them have been found to carry infectious agents, there is obviously a lot more to learn! And that's just Lyme!! There are over 30 strains of Bartonella and Babesia as well - and let's not get started on the Rickettsia strains! LOL!

LOL

I just spilled my tea.

Very interesting. I had several tick attachments before getting sick and the ticks couldn't have been there more than a couple of hours.

LOL, Silly sheep!! Thanks for the snicker!! There are more than a few doc's I'd like to "introduce" this paper too as well, but it would be a waste of my time - and my money when I had to post bail. Giggle!

Agreed, skBM!! Agreed. I've always thought it was pretty silly of a thing for them to hang on to- it doesn't even make sense! It's not like a mosquito has to hang on for hours to transmit disease!

Right, sknight!!! That was exactly what I blurted out when I read that line!!