• Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation 

      Omazic, Anna; Aurosell, Caroline; Fedorov, Valery; Hagström, Åsa; Kantanen, Juha; Leijon, Mikael; Mørk, Torill; Nordtun, Christine S.; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Þórisson, Skarphéðinn G.; Reilas, Tiina; Rockström, Urlika; Sanchez Romano, Javier; Thorarinsdóttir, Rán; Wensman, Jonas Johansson; Albihn, Ann (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-29)
      Reindeer herding is of great importance for the indigenous people of the Fennoscandia peninsula and northern Russia. There are also free-ranging feral populations of reindeer in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Russian Federation. The genus Pestivirus contains several viral species that infect ungulates and often show capacity to transmit between different host species. Sera from 520 Eurasian tundra ...
    • Tissue distribution of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor in wild animals with a focus on artiodactyls, mustelids and phocids 

      Lean, Fabian Z.X.; Cox, Ruth; Madslien, Knut; Spiro, Simon; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Bröjer, Caroline; Neimanis, Aleksija; Lawson, Becki; Holmes, Paul; Man, Catherine; Folkow, Lars; Gough, Julie; Ackroyd, Stuart; Evans, Liam; Wrigglesworth, Ethan; Grimholt, Unni; McElhinney, Lorraine; Brookes, Sharon M.; Delahay, Richard J.; Núñez, Alejandro (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-25)
      Natural cases of zooanthroponotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to animals have been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, including to free-ranging white-tailed deer (<i>Odocoileus virginianus</i>) in North America and farmed American mink (<i>Neovison vison</i>) on multiple continents. To understand the potential for angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)-mediated viral tropism we characterised the ...
    • A transdisciplinary approach to Brucella in Muskoxen of the Western Canadian Arctic 1989-2016 

      Tomaselli, Matilde; Elkin, Brett T.; Kutz, Susan; Harms, Naomi Jane; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Davison, Tracy; Leclerc, Lise-Marie; Branigan, Marsha; Dumond, Mathieu; Tryland, Morten; Checkley, Sylvia L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-14)
      Brucella serostatus was evaluated in 3189 muskoxen sampled between 1989 and 2016 from various locations of the Canadian Arctic archipelago and mainland, near the communities of Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, and Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, Nunavut. Brucella antibodies were found only in muskoxen sampled around Cambridge Bay, both on southern Victoria Island and on the adjacent ...
    • Why are Svalbard Arctic foxes Brucella spp. seronegative? 

      Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Fuglei, Eva; Mørk, Torill; Breines, Eva Marie; Holmgren, Karin Elisabeth; Davidson, Rebecca K.; Tryland, Morten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2022-07-06)
      Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) are susceptible to smooth Brucella (s-Brucella) infection and may be exposed to such bacteria through the consumption of infected marine mammals, as implied by the finding of s-Brucella antibodies in polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Arctic foxes in Svalbard have not previously been investigated for s-Brucella antibodies, but such antibodies have been detected in Arctic ...