Changes in the geographical distribution and abundance of the tick Ixodes ricinus during the past 30 years in Sweden

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 8
• Main Authors: Jaenson, Thomas GT, Jaenson, David GE, Eisen, Lars, Petersson, Erik, Lindgren, Elisabet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Springer-Verlag 10.01.2012; BioMed Central Ltd; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Animal populations; Animals; Arachnids; Biologi med inriktning mot systematik; Biology with specialization in Systematics; Capreolus capreolus; Cervus dama; climate; coasts; Colleges & universities; Control; deer; Distribution; dogs; emerging diseases; Entomologi; Entomology; Environmental health; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology; Evolutionary biology; Field study; Fästing; geographical distribution; Geography; growing season; Health aspects; homeowners; hosts; human population; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Infektionssjukdomar; Ixodes; Ixodes - growth & development; Ixodes ricinus; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Lynx; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Mortality; pathogens; Phylogeography; population density; Questionnaires; risk; Spirochaetales; surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sweden; Tick; tick infestations; Tick-borne encephalitis; Tick-borne encephalitis virus; ticks; urban areas; Vulpes vulpes; Sweden; Baltic Sea

BACKGROUND: Ixodes ricinus is the main vector in Europe of human-pathogenic Lyme borreliosis (LB) spirochaetes, the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and other pathogens of humans and domesticated mammals. The results of a previous 1994 questionnaire, directed at people living in Central and Nort...