Accepted Manuscript Title: Patterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugal Author: A.C. Norte L. Pascoal da Silva P.J. Q.Tenreiro M.S. Felgueiras P.M. Ara´ ujo P.B. Lopes C.Matos A. Rosa P.J.S.G. Ferreira P. Encarnac ¸˜ ao A. Rocha R. Escudero P. Anda M.S. N´ uncio I. Lopes de Carvalho PII: S1877-959X(15)00117-X DOI: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010 Reference: TTBDIS 507 To appear in: Received date: 17-12-2014 Revised date: 23-6-2015 Accepted date: 25-6-2015 Please cite this article as: Norte, A.C., Silva, L.P., Q.Tenreiro, P.J., Felgueiras, M.S., Ara´ ujo, P.M., Lopes, P.B., Matos, C., Rosa, A., Ferreira, P.J.S.G., Encarnac ¸˜ ao, P., Rocha, A., Escudero, R., Anda, P., N´ uncio, M.S., Carvalho, I.L.,Patterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugal, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.