Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae

dc.creatorLiterak, Ivan
dc.creatorNorte, Ana Claudia
dc.creatorNùncio, Maria Sofia
dc.creatorCarvalho, Isabel Lopes de
dc.creatorOgrzewalska, Maria
dc.creatorNováková, Markèta
dc.creatorMartins, Thiago F.
dc.creatorSychra, Oldrich
dc.creatorResendes, Roberto
dc.creatorRodrigues, Pedro
dc.date2016-05-19T15:32:09Z
dc.date2016-05-19T15:32:09Z
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T00:11:24Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T00:11:24Z
dc.identifierLITERAK, Ivan; et al. Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae. TIcks and Tick-borne Diseases, v.6, n.5, p.607-610, July 2015.
dc.identifier1877-959X
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/14395
dc.identifier10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.05.003
dc.identifier1877-9603
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8898341
dc.descriptionWe 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.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsrestricted access
dc.subjectBird
dc.subjectArchipelago of the Azores
dc.subjectBorrelia turdi
dc.subjectHaemaphysalis punctata
dc.subjectIxodes frontali
dc.subjectTicks
dc.subjectAves
dc.subjectArquipélago dos Açores
dc.subjectCarrapatos
dc.titleTicks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae
dc.typeArticle


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