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TICKS ON PASSERINES FROM THE ARCHIPELAGO OF THE AZORES AS HOSTS OF BORRELIAE AND RICKETTSIAE
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University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic / University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. CEITEV VFU. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
University of Coimbra. Institute of Marine Research IMAR/CMA. Department of Life Sciences. Coimbra, Portugal / National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Center for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research. Águas de Moura, Portugal.
National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Center for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research. Águas de Moura, Portugal.
National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Center for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research. Águas de Moura, Portugal / National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Emergency Response and Biopreparedness Unit. Lisboa, Portugal.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic / University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. CEITEV VFU. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
CIBIO. Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado. Polo dos Açores, Portugal / Universidade dos Açores. Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Patología Animal. Valvidia, Chile.
University of Coimbra. Institute of Marine Research IMAR/CMA. Department of Life Sciences. Coimbra, Portugal / National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Center for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research. Águas de Moura, Portugal.
National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Center for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research. Águas de Moura, Portugal.
National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Center for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research. Águas de Moura, Portugal / National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Emergency Response and Biopreparedness Unit. Lisboa, Portugal.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic / University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. CEITEV VFU. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
CIBIO. Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado. Polo dos Açores, Portugal / Universidade dos Açores. Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Patología Animal. Valvidia, Chile.
Abstract
We examined the presence of borreliae and rickettsiae bacteria in ticks from wild passerine birds on three islands of the Archipelago of the Azores, the westernmost region of Palearctic. A total of 266 birds belonging to eight species from seven families were examined on São Miguel, Santa Maria and Graciosa islands in 2013. Ticks collected from these birds consisted of 55 Ixodes frontalis (22 larvae, 32 nymphs, 1 adult female) and 16 Haemaphysalis punctata nymphs. Turdus merula and Erithacus rubecula were the birds most infested with both tick species. Three T. merula in Santa Maria were infested with 4 I. frontalis infected with Borrelia turdi. No rickettsiae were found in the ticks. We report for the first time the presence of I. frontalis and B. turdi on the Azores islands and we showed that the spatial distribution reaches further west than previously thought.
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