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ArticleTransboundary and emerging diseases2025

Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Encountered by Dogs and Cats: A North European Perspective.

Jani J Sormunen, Eero J Vesterinen, Tero Klemola

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Article in Transboundary and emerging diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Babesiosis and Its Significance in Transfusion Medicine from a European Point of View.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2026
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Jani J SormunenDepartment of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-8477
Eero J VesterinenDepartment of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3665-5802
Tero KlemolaDepartment of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-329X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is increasing the worldwide burden of tick-borne diseases (TBDs). Dramatic increases in human cases of borreliosis have been reported during the past few decades, including from Finland, located in North Europe. As human exposure to ticks carrying pathogens is increasing, so likely is exposure of dogs and cats. However, feline or canine TBD cases are not notifiable. Likewise, no combined databases of cases exist in Finland, hindering assessment of related trends. Here, we utilize crowdsourced tick samples to reveal how commonly and to which species of TBPs dogs and cats are exposed locally.

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Cat DiseasesDog DiseasesIxodesTick-Borne DiseasesTick InfestationsAnimalsCatsDogsFemaleFinlandBorreliacatsdogspetsTBEVtick-borne pathogensticks

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PMCPMC12158588

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