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Vertebrate host or tick vector? Which is to blame for Borrelia lusitaniae population structure?

Anaerobe - 1 Mar 2026

Norte Ana Cláudia, Carretero Miguel A, da Silva Luís P, Moreno-Rueda Gregorio, Garrido-Bautista Jorge, Zamora-Camacho Francisco Javier, Comas Mar, Gómez-Ramirez Fernando, Rato Catarina, Ramos Jaime A, Rocha Afonso, Laghzaoui El-Mustapha, Megía-Palma Rodrigo, Civantos Emilio, Núncio M Sofia, Lopes de Carvalho Isabel, Fingerle Volker, Margos Gabriele

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OBJECTIVE: Borrelia lusitaniae is a lizard-associated spirochaete which shows highly genetically structured populations in western Europe. Our objective was to assess whether selective forces acting on the Ixodes tick vector or the reservoir lizard, Psammodromus algirus, shaped its population structure. METHODS: We collected ticks feeding on P. algirus in the Iberian Peninsula and north Africa, and genetically...

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PMID: 41690569
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2026.103032

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