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| Title: | Detection of Borrelia lusitaniae, Rickettsia sp. IRS3, Rickettsia monacensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus collected in Madeira Island, Portugal |
| Authors: | Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel
Milhano, N.
Santos, A.S.
Almeida, V.
Barros, S.C.
De Sousa, R.
Núncio, M.S. |
| Keywords: | Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2008 |
| Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert |
| Citation: | Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2008 Aug;8(4):575-9 |
| Abstract: | A total of 300 Ixodes ricinus ticks were tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of Borrelia spp., Rickettsia spp., and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Sequence analysis demonstrated 8 (2.7%) ticks infected with B. lusitaniae, 60 (20%) with Rickettsia spp., and 1 (0.3%) with A. phagocytophilum. Seven (2.3%) ticks were coinfected with B. lusitaniae and Rickettsia spp., 2 (0.6%) with R. monacensis, and 5 (1.7%) with Rickettsia sp. IRS3. The results of this study suggest simultaneous transmission of multiple tick-borne agents on Madeira Island, Portugal. |
| Peer Reviewed: | yes |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/835 |
| ISSN: | 1530-3667 |
| Publisher version: | http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/vbz.2007.0245 |
| Appears in Collections: | DDI - Artigos em revistas internacionais
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