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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Screening Wild Birds for Tick-Borne Zoonotic Pathogens in Portugal.

Filipa Loureiro, João R Mesquita, Luís Cardoso, Sérgio Santos-Silva, Guilherme Moreira, Jaqueline T Bento, Vanessa Soeiro, Andreia Gonçalves, Filipe Silva, Patrícia F Barradas and 3 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Filipa LoureiroWildlife Rehabilitation Centre (CRAS), Veterinary Teaching Hospital (HVUTAD), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5370-5333
João R MesquitaSchool of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), Porto University, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8769-8103
Luís CardosoAnimal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6145-7560
Sérgio Santos-SilvaSchool of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), Porto University, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9742-5643
Guilherme MoreiraSchool of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), Porto University, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0002-2828-7202
Jaqueline T BentoSchool of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), Porto University, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0003-1324-8902
Vanessa SoeiroBiological Park of Gaia (PBG), Rua da Cunha, 4430-812 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Andreia GonçalvesWildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Santo André (CRASSA), Quercus ANCN, Moinho Novo, Galiza, 7500-022 Vila Nova de Santo André, Portugal.
Filipe SilvaWildlife Rehabilitation Centre (CRAS), Veterinary Teaching Hospital (HVUTAD), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6602-0926
Patrícia F BarradasEpidemiology Research Unit (EPIUnit), Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.
Ana C MatosResearch Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS), Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9709-862X
Manuela MatosCentre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9584-6636
Ana Cláudia CoelhoAnimal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7196-4179

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/00772/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wild birds may be involved in the transmission of agents of infectious diseases, including zoonoses, a circumstance which raises a number of public and animal health issues. Migratory bird species play a significant role in the introduction of tick-borne pathogens to new geographic areas, contributing to the dissemination of various etiological agents. This preliminary study aimed to assess the occurrence of four potentially zoonotic pathogens (

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Bird DiseasesBirdsTick-Borne DiseasesZoonosesAnimalsAnimals, WildBabesiaBorreliaPortugalTheileriaBabesiaBorreliaHepatozoonPCRpiroplasmsPortugalTheileria

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PMCPMC11769117

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