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Patterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorNorte, A.C.
dc.contributor.authorDa Silva, L.P.
dc.contributor.authorTenreiro, P.J.Q.
dc.contributor.authorFelgueiras, M.S.
dc.contributor.authorAraújo, P.M.
dc.contributor.authorLopes, P.B.
dc.contributor.authorMatos, C.
dc.contributor.authorRosa, A.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, P.J.S.G.
dc.contributor.authorEncarnação, P.
dc.contributor.authorRocha, A.
dc.contributor.authorEscudero, R.
dc.contributor.authorAnda, P.
dc.contributor.authorNúncio, M. Sofia
dc.contributor.authorLopes de Carvalho, Isabel
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-18T16:54:09Z
dc.date.available2019-01-01T01:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.description.abstractWild birds may act as reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens and may be mechanical carriers of pathogen infected vector ticks through long distances during migration. The aim of this study was to assess tick infestation patterns in birds in Portugal and the prevalence of tick infection by Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. using PCR techniques. Seven tick species were collected from birds including Haemaphysalis punctata, Hyalomma spp., Ixodes acuminatus, Ixodes arboricola, Ixodes frontalis, Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes ventalloi. We found that I. frontalis and Hyalomma spp. were the most common ticks infesting birds of several species and that they were widespread in Portugal. Turdus merula was the bird species that presented the highest diversity of infesting ticks and had one of the highest infestation intensities. B. burgdorferi s.l. was detected in 7.3% (37/505) of Ixodidae ticks derived from birds. The most common genospecies was Borrelia turdi (6.9%), detected in ticks collected from Parus major, T. merula and Turdus philomelos, but Borrelia valaisiana (0.2%) and one Borrelia sp. (0.2%) similar to Borrelia bissettii (96% of similarity of the flaB gene in Blastn) were also detected. This study contributed to a better knowledge of the Ixodidae tick fauna parasitizing birds in Western Europe and to the assessment of the prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. associated with birds and their ticks. © 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was financially supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT; SFRH/BPD/62898/2009).pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationTicks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Sep;6(6):743-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010. Epub 2015 Jun 29pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1877-959X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/3425
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X1500117Xpt_PT
dc.subjectInfecções Sistémicas e Zoonosespt_PT
dc.subjectB. turdipt_PT
dc.subjectB. bissettiipt_PT
dc.subjectIxodes s.p.pt_PT
dc.subjectHyallomma sp.pt_PT
dc.subjectBirdspt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titlePatterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage750pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue6pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage743pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleTicks and Tick-borne Diseasespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume6(6)pt_PT
rcaap.rightsembargoedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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