Browsing BioMed Central høstingsarkiv by Author "Viljugrein, Hildegunn"
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Jore, Solveig; Vanwambeke, Sophie O; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Isaksen, Ketil; Kristoffersen, Anja B; Woldehiwet, Zerai; Johansen, Bernt; Brun, Edgar; Brun-Hansen, Hege; Westermann, Sebastian; Larsen, Inger-Lise; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Hofshagen, Merete (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Global environmental change is causing spatial and temporal shifts in the distribution of species and the associated diseases of humans, domesticated animals and wildlife. In the on-going debate ...
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Madslien, Knut; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Solberg, Erling J; Bråten, Kent R; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background The deer ked (Lipoptena cervi), a hematophagous ectoparasite of Cervids, is currently spreading in Scandinavia. In Norway, keds are now invading the south-eastern part of the country and the ...
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Kausrud, Linné K; Begon, Mike; Ari, Tamara B; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Esper, Jan; Büntgen, Ulf; Leirs, Herwig; Junge, Claudia; Yang, Bao; Yang, Meixue; Xu, Lei; Stenseth, Nils C (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background Human cases of plague (Yersinia pestis) infection originate, ultimately, in the bacterium's wildlife host populations. The epidemiological dynamics of the wildlife reservoir therefore determine ...
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Mysterud, Atle; Madslien, Knut; Herland, Anders; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Ytrehus, Bjørnar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background The deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) is an ectoparasite on cervids that has invaded large parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland during recent decades. During their host-seeking flight activity, the adult ...
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Mysterud, Atle; Byrkjeland, Ragna; Qviller, Lars; Viljugrein, Hildegunn (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Understanding aggregation of ticks on hosts and attachment of life stages to different host species, are central components for understanding tick-borne disease epidemiology. The generalist tick, ...
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Qviller, Lars; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Loe, Leif E; Meisingset, Erling L; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Many wingless ectoparasites have a limited capacity for active movement and are therefore primarily dependent on hitchhiking on their hosts for transportation. The distribution of the tick Ixodes ...
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Mysterud, Atle; Stigum, Vetle M; Seland, Ingrid V; Herland, Anders; Easterday, W. Ryan; Jore, Solveig; Østerås, Olav; Viljugrein, Hildegunn (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Emergence of tick-borne diseases is impacting humans and livestock across the Northern Hemisphere. There are, however, large regional variations in number of cases of tick-borne diseases. Some ...
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Mysterud, Atle; Hügli, Christian; Viljugrein, Hildegunn (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background In Europe, the generalist tick, Ixodes ricinus, is the main vector of several tick-borne pathogens causing diseases in humans and livestock. Understanding how different species of hosts limit ...
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Lindsø, Lars K.; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Mysterud, Atle (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Many pathogens and parasites can infect multiple host species, and the competence of different hosts as pathogen reservoirs is key to understanding their epidemiology. Small mammals are important ...