60
Participants
Start Date
February 28, 2022
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2026
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2026
Xenodiagnosis Ticks
Larval ticks will be obtained from Dr. Sam Telford from a laboratory maintained tick colony at Tufts Veterinary School. These ticks are hatched from eggs laid by ticks that have fed only on specific pathogen free laboratory animals that were purchased from established vendors.
skin biopsy
2-3 mm skin punch biopsies will be performed.
blood draw
Peripheral blood draws will be performed.
RECRUITING
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
NIH