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Predicting the spatial abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks in southern Scandinavia using environmental and climatic data.
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- Predicting habitat suitability for Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Finland.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- The influence of local environmental factors in southwestern Poland on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus and prevalence of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and B. miyamotoi.Parasitology research · 2022Article
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- Spatial patterns of pathogen prevalence in questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs in southern Scandinavia, 2016.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Spatial data of Ixodes ricinus instar abundance and nymph pathogen prevalence, Scandinavia, 2016-2017.Scientific data · 2020Article
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Abstract
Recently, focus on tick-borne diseases has increased as ticks and their pathogens have become widespread and represent a health problem in Europe. Understanding the epidemiology of tick-borne infections requires the ability to predict and map tick abundance. We measured Ixodes ricinus abundance at 159 sites in southern Scandinavia from August-September, 2016. We used field data and environmental variables to develop predictive abundance models using machine learning algorithms, and also tested these models on 2017 data. Larva and nymph abundance models had relatively high predictive power (normalized RMSE from 0.65-0.69, R
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