Epidemiological surveillance of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens
Identification of ticks from domestic animals and wildlife and molecular detection of pathogens (genus Erlichia, Borrelia, Anaplasma, Francisella, Coxiella, Rickettsia y Bartonella) by PCR. Use of molecular techniques for identification of tick-borne pathogens at the species-level
Objectives:
- Identification of tick species recovered from different epidemiological contexts.
- Surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in ticks from wild and domestic animals.
- Implementation of molecular tools for identification of the bacterial species present in ticks.
Start date: January 1st, 2009
Head of the research line:
García Benzaquén, Nerea
VISAVET unit involved:
• Neglected and Emerging Diseases Unit (NED)
