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Role of the lizard Teira dugesii as a potential host for Ixodes ricinus tick-borne pathogens
R De Sousa1, I Lopes de Carvalho, A S Santos
1National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Águas de Moura, Portugal. rita.sousa@insa.min-saude.pt
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|March 13, 2012
Abstract:
PCR screening of ticks and tissue samples collected from 151 Teira dugesii lizards seems to indicate a potential role of this lizard species in the maintenance and transmission cycle of some Ixodes ricinus tick-borne agents, such as Rickettsia monacensis, Rickettsia helvetica, and Borrelia lusitaniae, that are circulating on Madeira Island.
