Browsing USN Open Archive by Subject "Ixodes ricinus"
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Altitudinal distribution and host-parasite relations of ticks in Norway
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;87, Doctoral thesis, 2021-03-05)With a warming climate and changes in land use during the last decades, ticks have been observed to occur at increasingly higher latitudes and altitudes in the northern hemisphere. With the range expansion of ticks comes ... -
Anaplasma in ticks feeding on migrating birds and questing ticks in Lithuania and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-04-15) -
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato - forekomst i Ixodes ricinus flått fra vegetasjon i Norge
(Master thesis, 2016-01-18)Av 18 beskrevne Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato er tre knyttet til sykdom hos menneske. De tre gir ulike manifestasjoner, med Borrelia afzelii som er assosiert med hudlesjoner (dermatoborreliose), Borrelia garinii med ... -
Detection of tick-borne pathogens by molecular methods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)The use of molecular methods such as species-specific PCR, Multiplex-PCR, RT-PCR, reverse line blot hybridisation in investigations of tick-borne pathogens allowed to detect and identify the causative agents of Lyme ... -
Diversity in prevalence and genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks and rodents in Lithuania and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)A total of 1679 questing Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Lithuania and 535 I. ricinus ticks collected in Norway from locations with different habitats were investigated for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. ... -
Genetic variation of ticks (Ixodes ricinus L.) in the Lithuanian and Norwegian populations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)RAPD markers were used to measure the genetic diversity of 119 individuals of Ixodes ricinus collected from Lithuania and Norway. The samples were analysed within and also between the populations. We analysed 74 loci in ... -
Infestation of mice and voles with Ixodes ricinus ticks in Lithuania and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)A total of 693 small rodents were live-trapped in Lithuania and Norway. In Lithuania, the mice Apodemus flavicollis and A. agrarius were more frequently infested with ticks than the voles Microtus arvalis and Myodes ... -
Infestation with Ixodes ricinus ticks on migrating passerine birds in Lithuania and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Ticks are known to carry several pathogenic agents of human diseases. To define the role of migrating birds as host and disseminators of ticks in Lithuania and Norway we analysed immature stage of ticks feeding on different ... -
Prevalence of tick borne-encephalitis virus (TBEV) and phylogeographic structure of its vector Ixodes ricinus
(Master thesis, 2017)Ixodes ricinus is the most common vector in Europe and it is the primary vector for tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in Norway. Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases have been reported yearly from Norway since the first ... -
The prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-12-24)