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- Title
Migrating birds and tickborne encephalitis virus.
- Authors
Waldenström, Jonas; Lundkvist, Åke; Falk, Kerstin I.; Garpmo, Ulf; Bergström, Sven; Lindegren, Gunnel; Sjöstedt, Anders; Mejlon, Hans; Fransson, Thord; Haemig, Paul D.; Olsen, Björn; Waldenström, Jonas; Lundkvist, Ake; Bergström, Sven; Sjöstedt, Anders; Olsen, Björn
- Abstract
During spring and autumn 2001, we screened 13,260 migrating birds at Ottenby Bird Observatory, Sweden, and found 3.4% were infested with ticks. Four birds, each a different passerine species, carried tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV)-infected ticks (Ixodes ricinus). Migrating birds may play a role in the geographic dispersal of TBEV-infected ticks.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; BIRD migration; TICK-borne encephalitis; PASSERIFORMES; CASTOR bean tick; OBSERVATORIES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 8, p1215
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article