Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and Borrelia valaisiana in Portugal: evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment
To confirm that thrushes, such as blackbirds Turdus merula, play a role as reservoir for some Borrelia genospecies, we performed a xenodiagnostic experiment with blackbirds captured in a mixed wood located in Western Portugal where Borrelia turdi, an uncommon genospecies in Europe, was the most prev...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/1692 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/1692 |