Essays about: "tick-borne pathogens"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words tick-borne pathogens.
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1. Tick-borne diseases in roe deer - seroprevalence, possible cut-off and effects on health
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public HealthAbstract : Understanding the interaction between roe deer and pathogens could potentially help us improve the health in both roe deer and humans. Here, I focused on broadening our basic understanding about three specific tick-borne pathogens, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. READ MORE
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2. The role of diseases in mass mortality of wood lemmings (Myopus schisticolor)
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Like many other rodent species, the wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) exhibits cycles with large population peaks but unlike most other European rodents, these peaks are frequently followed by mass mortality. It is largely unknown what pathogens wood lemmings carry and if pathogens could affect their population dynamics. READ MORE
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3. A statistical approach to understand Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever prevalence in Pakistan
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Internationell hälsaAbstract : Geographically, Pakistan is in the western part of south Asia at about 24-37 °N latitudes and62-75 °E longitudes. Livestock and agriculture are two major sectors in Pakistan and play animportant role in the country economy. READ MORE
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4. Species identification and pathogen detection by FLUIDIGM, a high-throughput PCR technique in ticks collected from northern Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public HealthAbstract : Due to the environmental climate changes, northern Sweden is potentially a geographical area where new tick species could become established and introduce along with them new tick-borne pathogens. High-throughput real-time PCR, FLUIDIGM, was selected to perform the pathogen detection in this study. READ MORE
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5. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu latu in rodents from two areas with varying wild ungulate densities in Southern Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : On a global scale, zoonotic vector-borne diseases pose an increasing threat towards human health. In Europe, the haemotophagous ectoparasite sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) acts as a pathogen vector for diseases like tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease with increasing annual incidences during the last decades. READ MORE
