Role of the lizard Teira dugesii as a potential host for Ixodes ricinus tick-borne pathogens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3767-3769

  De Sousa, R ^a   de Carvalho, I Lopes ^a   Santos, A S ^a   Bernardes, C ^a   Milhano, N ^a   Jesus, J ^b   Menezes, D ^c   Núncio, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c Madeira Natural Park   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; TISSUE SAMPLES; TRANSMISSION CYCLES;

SCREENING; TISSUE;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; LIZARD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; IXODES; LIZARDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; LACERTA DUGESII; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84861150276     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07945-11     Document Type: Article

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