Kjaer, Lene Jung and Klitgaard, Kirstine and Soleng, Arnulf and Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord and Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth H. and Paulsen, Katrine M. and Andreassen, Ashild Kristine and Korslund, Lars and Kjelland, Vivian and Slettan, Audun and Stuen, Snorre and Kjellander, Petter and Christensson, Madeleine and Teräväinen, Malin and Baum, Andreas and Jensen, Laura Mark and Bodker, Rene
(2020).
Spatial data of Ixodes ricinus instar abundance and nymph pathogen prevalence, Scandinavia, 2016-2017.
Scientific Data. 7
, 238
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Abstract
Ticks carry pathogens that can cause disease in both animals and humans, and there is a need to monitor the distribution and abundance of ticks and the pathogens they carry to pinpoint potential high risk areas for tick-borne disease transmission. In a joint Scandinavian study, we measured Ixodes ricinus instar abundance at 159 sites in southern Scandinavia in August-September, 2016, and collected 29,440 tick nymphs at 50 of these sites. We additionally measured abundance at 30 sites in August-September, 2017. We tested the 29,440 tick nymphs in pools of 10 in a Fluidigm real-time PCR chip to screen for 17 different tick-associated pathogens, 2 pathogen groups and 3 tick species. We present data on the geolocation, habitat type and instar abundance of the surveyed sites, as well as presence/absence of each pathogen in all analysed pools from the 50 collection sites and individual prevalence for each site. These data can be used alone or in combination with other data for predictive modelling and mapping of high-risk areas.
Authors/Creators: | Kjaer, Lene Jung and Klitgaard, Kirstine and Soleng, Arnulf and Edgar, Kristin Skarsfjord and Lindstedt, Heidi Elisabeth H. and Paulsen, Katrine M. and Andreassen, Ashild Kristine and Korslund, Lars and Kjelland, Vivian and Slettan, Audun and Stuen, Snorre and Kjellander, Petter and Christensson, Madeleine and Teräväinen, Malin and Baum, Andreas and Jensen, Laura Mark and Bodker, Rene | ||||||
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Title: | Spatial data of Ixodes ricinus instar abundance and nymph pathogen prevalence, Scandinavia, 2016-2017 | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Scientific Data | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 7 | ||||||
Article number: | 238 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||||
ISSN: | 2052-4463 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-107124 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-107124 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 17788 | ||||||
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology (S) > Dept. of Ecology | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 13 Oct 2020 10:44 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:24 |
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