Update on tick-borne rickettsioses in mainland Portugal: emerging threats and potential vectors

Abstract Background Tick-borne rickettsioses (TBR) are emerging, neglected, zoonoses, caused by intracellular α-proteobacteria of the genus Rickettsia, that pose a growing public health concern. The aim of the present study was to evaluate rickettsial infections in questing ticks collected from four...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Moerbeck, Ricardo Parreira, Gonçalo Seixas, Rita Velez, Ana Domingos, Sandra Antunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06627-5
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