For active Lyme infection to occur in dog or man, B. burgdorferi requires an intermediate host; that is, the disease cannot be directly transmitted from one host to another through contact with infected body secretions such as blood, saliva, urine, etc.
For active Lyme infection to occur in dog or man, B. burgdorferi requires an intermediate host; that is, the disease cannot be directly transmitted from one host to another through contact with infected body secretions such as blood, saliva, urine, etc.
对能感染给狗或人的活跃的莱姆菌来说，包柔氏螺旋体菌需要一个中间宿主；也就是说，这种疾病无法通过接触被感染身体的分泌物如血液、唾液，尿液等等的途径直接从一个宿主直接传染到另一宿主身上。