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Strengthening the genomic surveillance of Francisella tularensis by using cultu...
Isidro, Joana; Escudero, Raquel; Luque-Larena, Juan José; Pinto, Miguel; Borges, Vítor; González-Martín-Niño, Rosa; Duarte, Sílvia; Vieira, LuísIntroduction: Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious bacterium that causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. The development of genotyping methods, especially those based on whole-genome sequencing (WGS), has recently increased the knowledge on the epidemiology of this disease. However, due to the difficulties associated with the growth and isolation of this fastidious pathogen in culture, the availability...
The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitani...
Norte, Ana Cláudia; Alves da Silva, António; Alves, Joana; Pascoal da Silva, Luís; Núncio, Maria Sofia; Escudero, Raquel; Anda, Pedro; Ramos, Jaime A.Borrelia lusitaniae is a pathogen frequent in the Mediterranean area. Apart from lizards, evidence for birds and small mammals as competent reservoirs for this genospecies has been occasional. We collected questing ticks, skin biopsies and Ixodes sp. ticks feeding on lizards, birds and small mammals in a B. burgdorferi s.l. (sensu lato) enzootic area to assess their importance in the maintenance of B. lusitania...