Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: Circulation of B.turdi and other genospecies in bird-tick cycles in Portugal

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 386-397

  Norte, A C ^a,b   Ramos, J A ^a   Gern, L ^c   Nuncio M S ^b   Lopes de Carvalho, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 23S; RNA 5S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SONGBIRD; TICK;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; TICKS;

AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FRINGILLA COELEBS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 84873127387     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02834.x     Document Type: Article

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