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dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Benedikte Nevjen
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorPaulsen, Katrine Mørk
dc.contributor.authorYohanns B, Okbaldet
dc.contributor.authorEdgar, Kristin Skarsfjord
dc.contributor.authorLamsal, Alaka
dc.contributor.authorSoleng, Arnulf
dc.contributor.authorAndreassen, Åshild Kristine
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-09T09:55:23Z
dc.date.available2020-07-09T09:55:23Z
dc.date.created2019-12-19T13:47:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationZoonoses and Public Health. 2019,en_US
dc.identifier.issn1863-1959
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2661588
dc.description.abstractNeoehrlichia mikurensis is a tick‐borne pathogen widespread among ticks and rodents in Europe and Asia. A previous study on Ixodes ricinus ticks in Norway suggested that N. mikurensis was scarce or absent on the south‐west coast of Norway, but abundant elsewhere. The aim of this study was to further investigate the prevalence and distribution of N. mikurensis along the western seaboard of Norway in comparison with more eastern and northern areas. The second aim of the study was to examine seasonal variation of the bacterium in one specific location in the south‐eastern part of Norway. Questing I. ricinus were collected from 13 locations along the coast of Norway, from Brønnøysund in Nordland County to Spjærøy in Østfold County. In total, 11,113 nymphs in 1,113 pools and 718 individual adult ticks were analysed for N. mikurensis by real‐time PCR. The mean prevalence of N. mikurensis in adult ticks was 7.9% while the estimated pooled prevalence in nymphs was 3.5%. The prevalence ranged from 0% to 25.5%, with the highest prevalence in the southernmost and the northernmost locations. The pathogen was absent, or present only at low prevalence (<5%), at eight locations, all located in the west, from 58.9°N to 64.9°N. The prevalence of N. mikurensis was significantly different between counties (p < .0001). No significant seasonal variation of N. mikurensis prevalence was observed in the period May to October 2015. Our results confirm earlier findings of a low prevalence of N. mikurensis in the western seaboard of Norway.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
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dc.titleDistribution of Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes ricinus ticks along the coast of Norway: The western seaboard is a low-prevalence regionen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-8en_US
dc.source.journalZoonoses and Public Healthen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/zph.12662
dc.identifier.cristin1763016
dc.relation.projectHelse- og omsorgsdepartementet: Barentsregionsprosjektet B1412en_US
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