Emergence of tick-borne diseases at northern latitudes in Europe: a comparative approach.

ABSTRACT: The factors that drive the emergence of vector-borne diseases are difficult to identify due to the complexity of the pathogen-vector-host triad. We used a novel comparative approach to analyse four long-term datasets (1995-2015) on the incidence of tick-borne diseases in humans and livestock (Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis) over a geographic area that covered the whole of Norway. This approach allowed us to separate general (shared vector) and specific (pathogen reservoir host) limiting factors of tick-borne diseases, as well as the role of exposure (shared and non-shared pathogens in different hosts). We found broadly similar patterns of emergence across the four tick-borne diseases. Following initial increases during the first decade of the time series, the numbers of cases pe

SUBMITTER: Mysterud A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701145 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature