Borrelia hispanica in Ornithodoros erraticus, Portugal

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Borrelia hispanica in Ornithodoros erraticus, Portugal M. Palma, I. Lopes de Carvalho, M. Figueiredo, F. Amaro, F. Boinas, S.J. Cutler, M.S. Núncio Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 696-701 (July 2012) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03623.x Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

FIG. 1 Traditional pigpen in the south Alentejo region (Castro Verde) infested by Ornithodoros erraticus ticks. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 696-701DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03623.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

FIG. 2 (a) Location of pigpens investigated for Ornithodoros erraticus in Portugal (image from Google Earth © 2011 Google). (b) South Alentejo region: •, pigpens where ticks were found; *, pigpen where Borrelia hispanica was identified. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 696-701DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03623.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

FIG. 3 Ornithodoros erraticus collected using a dry ice trap, including some engorged individuals. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 696-701DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03623.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

FIG. 4 Phylogenetic tree based on IGS sequences of Borrelia hispanica from Ornithodoros erraticus collected in Portugal. Tree constructed by using the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean, using MEGA5. The sequences used for comparison were obtained from the Gen-Bank database. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 696-701DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03623.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions