REVIVE a surveillance programme for ticks and tick-borne diseases: molecular detection of B. burgdorferi s.l. and Rickettsia spp.

Objectives: To assess the risk posed by ticks and tick-borne pathogens to Public Health is essential to have reliable data on tick population, namely main species, status, distribution and the changing trends in tick distribution and abundance. Since 2011 the Ministry of Health requested the Nationa...

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Main Author: Lopes de Carvalho, I. (author)
Other Authors: Santos, A.S. (author), Santos-Silva, M.M. (author), de Sousa, R. (author), Núncio, M.S. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2332
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/2332