Seasonality of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes trianguliceps tick on the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) and on vegetation in Central Finland
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Uusitalo, Ruut; Siljander, Mika; Lindén, Andreas; Sormunen, Jani J.; Aalto, Juha; Hendrickx, Guy; Kallio, Eva; Vajda, Andrea; Gregow, Hilppa; Henttonen, Heikki; Marsboom, Cedric; Korhonen, Essi M.; Sironen, Tarja; Pellikka, Petri; Vapalahti, Olli (Biomed Central, 2022)Background Ticks are responsible for transmitting several notable pathogens worldwide. Finland lies in a zone where two human-biting tick species co-occur: Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus. Tick densities have increased ... -
The effects of Borrelia infection on its wintering rodent host
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Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland
Sormunen, Jani J.; Andersson, Tommi; Aspi, Jouni; Bäck, Jaana; Cederberg, Tony; Haavisto, Noora; Halonen, Hanna; Hänninen, Jari; Inkinen, Jasmin; Kulha, Niko; Laaksonen, Maija; Loehr, John; Mäkelä, Satu; Mäkinen, Katja; Norkko, Joanna; Paavola, Riku; Pajala, Pauliina; Petäjä, Tuukka; Puisto, Anna; Sippola, Ella; Snickars, Martin; Sundell, Janne; Tanski, Niko; Uotila, Antti; Vesilahti, Ella-Maria; Vesterinen, Eero J.; Vuorenmaa, Silja; Ylönen, Hannu; Ylönen, Jari; Klemola, Tero (Elsevier, 2020)In 2015 a long-term, nationwide tick and tick-borne pathogen (TBP) monitoring project was started by the Finnish Tick Project and the Finnish Research Station network (RESTAT), with the goal of producing temporally and ... -
Effects of rodent abundance on ticks and Borrelia: results from an experimental and observational study in an island system
Kiran, Nosheen; Brila, Ilze; Mappes, Tapio; Sipari, Saana; Wang, Yingying; Welsh, Erin; Kallio, Eva R. (BioMed Central, 2024)Background Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in Europe and is often caused by Borrelia afzelii, which is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus ticks. The prevalence and abundance of infected ticks fluctuate ...