The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal

Borrelia lusitaniae is a pathogen frequent in the Mediterranean area. Apart from lizards, evidence for birds and small mammals as competent reservoirs for this genospecies has been occasional. We collected questing ticks, skin biopsies and Ixodes sp. ticks feeding on lizards, birds and small mammals...

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Main Author: Norte, A. C. (author)
Other Authors: Silva, A. Alves da (author), Alves, J. (author), Silva, L. P. da (author), Núncio, M. S. (author), Escudero, R. (author), Anda, P. (author), Ramos, J. A. (author), Carvalho, I. Lopes de (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27588
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/27588

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