Vertebrate host or tick vector? Which is to blame for Borrelia lusitaniae population structure?
Both the clustering of B. lusitaniae lineages from this region together with those of south Portugal and north Africa, and the presence of ticks belonging to different trospA clades, suggests Central Spain, a contact area between lineages of P. algirus, as pivotal in the phylogeography of the host, its ticks and Borrelia.
Authors
- Rodrigo Megía‐Palma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-0468)
- El-Mustapha Laghzaoui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7776-5218)
- Emilio Civantos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1251-4677)
- Ana Cláudia Norte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7833-4463)
- Jaime A. Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-987X)
- Catarina Rato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-2433)
- Mar Iglesias Comas
- Isabel Lopes de Carvalho
- A Rocha
- Gregorio Moreno-Rueda
- Jorge Garrido-Bautista
- M.Sofia Núncio
- Fernando Gómez-Ramirez
- Luís.P. da Silva
- Gabriele Margos
- Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Universidad de Granada (ES)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Instituts Supérieurs des Professions Infirmières et Techniques de Santé (MA)
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (ES)
- Institute of Marine Research (PT)
- National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (PT)
- University of Aveiro (PT)
- BorgWarner (Brazil) (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anaerobe
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2026.103032
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00