title: Role of the lizard Teira dugesii as a potential host for Ixodes ricinus tick-borne pathogens.
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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Águas de Moura, Portugal. rita.sousa@insa.min-saude.pt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Sousa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lopes de Carvalho
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernardes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Milhano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jesus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Núncio
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001898:Borrelia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008116:Lizards / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000635:transmission*