Hi 10LymeB -
Yes - mosquitos can carry the Bb microbe, some studies have shown them to be possible carriers.
Nearly everyone in the country has been 'exposed' to Bb by now (since it is transmittable through sexual contact, in utero, breast milk, blood supply) and it's been found in 50% of the counties in the country (which is also probably a 10-yr old statistic by now).
What that test probably showed was that your husband very likely has the Bb in his system. My belief is that most people do. And certainly, most people who live together and have intimate contact with someone who has active Lyme disease.
What the MD was talking about
is true - many people are healthy upon infection and the Bb does not manifest into Lyme disease with noticeable symptoms. Having Bb in your body and having Lyme disease are two different things.
But I think your instinct is probably correct that he might want to be proactive and I know quite a few spouses of members here take astragalus to help manage an infection.
Here are studies indicating sexual transmission:
/sites.google.com/site/virginialyme/sexual"In the study, researchers tested semen samples and vaginal secretions from three groups of patients: control subjects without evidence of Lyme disease, random subjects who tested positive for Lyme disease, and married heterosexual couples engaging in unprotected sex who tested positive for the disease. As expected, all of the control subjects tested negative for Borrelia burgdorferi in semen samples or vaginal secretions. In contrast, all women with Lyme disease tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi in vaginal secretions, while about
half of the men with Lyme disease tested positive for the Lyme spirochete in semen samples. Furthermore, one of the heterosexual couples with Lyme disease showed identical strains of the Lyme spirochete in their genital secretions. The presence of the Lyme spirochete in genital secretions and identical strains in married couples strongly suggests that sexual transmission of the disease occurs,” said Dr. Mayne."
/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5482345//f1000research.com/articles/3-309/v1www.onlineprnews.com/news/454866-1390261507-lyme-disease-may-be-sexually-transmitted-study-suggests.html"The culture of viable Borrelia spirochetes in genital secretions suggests that Lyme disease could be transmitted by intimate contact from person to person."
f1000research.com/articles/3-309/v3"initial laboratory testing of semen samples provided by male Lyme patients (positive by western blot/PCR in blood) and the male sexual partner of a Lyme infected female patient were positive approximately 40% of the time. PCR recovery of Lyme DNA nucleotide sequences with microscopic confirmation of semen samples yielded positive results in 14/32 Lyme patients (13 male semen samples and 1 vaginal pap). ALL positive semen/vaginal samples in patients with known sexual partners resulted in positive Lyme titers/PCR in their sexual partners. 3/4 positive semen patients had no or unknown sexual partners to be tested."
www.anapsid.org/lyme/bach.htmlAnd here is another discussion about
this:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3855185Hope this is helpful -
-p