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.
Highlights
Background & SummaryTick-borne pathogens have become more prevalent over the last decades[1,2,3,4,5,6,7] causing disease in humans and animals world-wide
Incidences of tick-borne diseases such as Lyme borreliosis have increased in many regions – including Scandinavia[8,9]
As climate has changed over the past decades, there is great concern that a warmer climate has an impact on increased incidence of vector-borne diseases as vectors might expand their distribution to more northern climates in Scandinavia[8,14]
Summary
Background & SummaryTick-borne pathogens have become more prevalent over the last decades[1,2,3,4,5,6,7] causing disease in humans and animals world-wide.
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