• Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia prevalence at the Arctic Circle in Norway 

      Hvidsten, Dag; Stuen, Snorre; Jenkins, Andrew; Dienus, Olaf; Olsen, Renate Slind; Kristiansen, Bjørn-Erik; Mehl, Reidar Arne; Matussek, Andreas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-18)
      The distribution limit of Ixodes ricinus ticks in northwestern Europe (Brønnøy, Norway, 1◦ south of the Arctic Circle), has been known since the 1930s. To reconfirm this finding and extend studies in the areas adjacent to the Arctic Circle (66◦33 N), ticks were collected from dogs and cats in 8 districts in northern Norway from 64◦56 N to 68◦48 N. We detected 549 I. ricinus, 244 (44%) of them ...