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Update on tick-borne rickettsioses in mainland Portugal
Moerbeck, Leonardo; Parreira, Ricardo; Seixas, Gonçalo; Velez, Rita; Domingos, Ana; Antunes, SandraFunding Information: The authors acknowledge the financial support from Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the PhD scholarship 2022.14376.BD awarded to Leonardo Moerbeck. Additionally, we deeply appreciate Dr. Ana Sofia Santos for her invaluable support, manuscript review and expertise in tick surveillance during the field campaigns. We also extend our gratitude to the administr...
Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Circulating in Peri-Domestic Areas in Mainland P...
Moerbeck, Leonardo; Parreira, Ricardo; Szczotko, Magdalena; Seixas, Gonçalo; Velez, Rita; Dmitryjuk, Małgorzata; Santos, Ana Sofia; Domingos, AnaFunding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the support given by the administrative and technical staff of Tapada Nacional de Mafra, Funda\u00E7\u00E3o Mata do Bussaco and Parque Ger\u00EAs-Peneda, and also Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia for funds to GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL\u2013LA/P/0117/2020. Funding Information: L.M. is a recipient of a Ph.D. grant supported by F...
Neoehrlichia mikurensis—A New Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen in North-Eastern Pol...
Szczotko, Magdalena; Kubiak, Katarzyna; Michalski, Mirosław Mariusz; Moerbeck, Leonardo; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana; Dmitryjuk, MałgorzataFunding Information: The publication was written as a result of the author’s internship in the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund (Operational Program Knowledge Education Development), carried out in the project Development Program at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (POWR.03.05. 00-00-Z3...
Development and testing of microsatellite loci for the study of population gene...
Velez, Rita; De Meeûs, Thierry; Beati, Lorenza; Younsi, Hend; Zhioua, Elyes; Antunes, Sandra; Domingos, Ana; Sampaio, Daniel Ataíde; Carpinteiro, DinaFunding Information: This study was supported by FCT (Project TickGenoMi, reference PTDC/SAU-PAR/28947/2017). Funding Information: The digitalization of Acarologia papers prior to 2000 was supported by Agropolis Fondation under the reference ID 1500-024 through the « Investissements d’avenir » programme (Labex Agro: ANR-10-LABX-0001-01) Publisher Copyright: © 2023, Les Amis d'Acarologia. All rights reserved.; I...
Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the Iberian Peninsula
Moerbeck, Leonardo; Domingos, Ana; Antunes, SandraTick-borne rickettsioses (TBR) are caused by obligate, intracellular bacteria of the spotted-fever group (SFG) of the genus Rickettsia (Order Rickettsiales), transmitted by hard ticks. TBR are one of the oldest known vector-borne zoonoses and pose a threat to both human and animal health, as over the years, new SFG Rickettsia spp. have been reported worldwide with the potential to be human pathogens. In Portuga...
Molecular Survey of Bartonella Species in Stray Cats and Dogs, Humans, and Ques...
Torrejón, Estefania; Sanches, Gustavo Seron; Moerbeck, Leonardo; Santos, Lenira; André, Marcos Rogério; Domingos, Ana; Antunes, SandraBartonella spp. comprises emergent and re-emergent fastidious Gram-negative bacteria with worldwide distribution. Cats are the main reservoir hosts for Bartonella henselae and dogs represent opportunistic hosts for the bacteria. Even though ticks may also play a role in transmission, their competence as vectors for Bartonella spp. has not been totally understood. Considering only a few studies had a focus on sc...