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List of works by Maria Sofia Núncio

A comparative test of ixodid tick identification by a network of European researchers

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A seventeen-year epidemiological surveillance study of Borrelia burgdorferi infections in two provinces of northern Spain.

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: circulation of B. turdi and other genospecies in bird-tick cycles in Portugal.

scientific article published on 13 August 2012

Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and Borrelia valaisiana in Portugal: evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment

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Borrelia garinii and Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica detected in migratory shorebirds in Portugal

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Borrelia hispanica in Ornithodoros erraticus, Portugal

scientific article published on 29 August 2011

Bridging of cryptic Borrelia cycles in European songbirds.

scientific article published on 2 February 2017

Burkholderia pseudomallei: First case of melioidosis in Portugal

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Characterization Through Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Borrelia turdi Isolates from Portugal

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Coinfections of Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia helvetica with Borrelia lusitaniae in ticks collected in a Safari Park, Portugal

scientific article published in December 2010

Detection of Borrelia lusitaniae, Rickettsia sp. IRS3, Rickettsia monacensis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus collected in Madeira Island, Portugal

scientific article published in August 2008

Detection of Ehrlichia canis by polymerase chain reaction in dogs from Portugal

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Detection of Rickettsia conorii strains in Portuguese dogs (Canis familiaris).

scientific article published on 16 April 2011

Detection of antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Algerian mice (Mus spretus), Portugal.

scientific article published in December 2009

Diversity and seasonal patterns of ticks parasitizing wild birds in western Portugal.

scientific article published on 6 June 2012

Do ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. constitute a burden to birds?

scientific article published on 22 February 2013

Francisella species in ticks and animals, Iberian Peninsula.

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Francisella-like endosymbiont in Dermacentor reticulatus collected in Portugal

scientific article published on 24 June 2010

Genotypic diversity of clinical Coxiella burnetii isolates from Portugal based on MST and MLVA typing

scientific article published on 4 October 2012

Genotypic evaluation of rickettsial isolates recovered from various species of ticks in Portugal.

scientific article published on February 1995

Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from the blood of a patient with positive Anaplasma phagocytophilum serological results.

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Molecular characterization of a new isolate of Borrelia lusitaniae derived from Apodemus sylvaticus in Portugal

scientific article published in June 2010

Patterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugal.

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus

scientific article published on 24 June 2022

Portuguese hosts for Ornithodoros erraticus ticks

scientific article published on 29 June 2013

Rickettsia lusitaniae sp. nov. isolated from the soft tick Ornithodoros erraticus (Acarina: Argasidae).

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Role of the lizard Teira dugesii as a potential host for Ixodes ricinus tick-borne pathogens.

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The hard-tick fauna of mainland Portugal (Acari: Ixodidae): an update on geographical distribution and known associations with hosts and pathogens.

scientific article published on 31 March 2011

The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

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

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Tularaemia: a challenging zoonosis

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