Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and Borrelia valaisiana in Portugal: Evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 604-607

  Norte, Ana C ^a,b   Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel ^b   Núncio, Maria S ^b   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Gern, Lise ^c  

^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

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLAGELLIN; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84880409600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12058     Document Type: Article

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