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Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, January 2013
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Title
Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, January 2013
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-6-1
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Authors

Jolyon M Medlock, Kayleigh M Hansford, Antra Bormane, Marketa Derdakova, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Jean-Claude George, Irina Golovljova, Thomas G T Jaenson, Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Per M Jensen, Maria Kazimirova, José A Oteo, Anna Papa, Kurt Pfister, Olivier Plantard, Sarah E Randolph, Annapaola Rizzoli, Maria Margarida Santos-Silva, Hein Sprong, Laurence Vial, Guy Hendrickx, Herve Zeller, Wim Van Bortel

Abstract

Many factors are involved in determining the latitudinal and altitudinal spread of the important tick vector Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Europe, as well as in changes in the distribution within its prior endemic zones. This paper builds on published literature and unpublished expert opinion from the VBORNET network with the aim of reviewing the evidence for these changes in Europe and discusses the many climatic, ecological, landscape and anthropogenic drivers. These can be divided into those directly related to climatic change, contributing to an expansion in the tick's geographic range at extremes of altitude in central Europe, and at extremes of latitude in Scandinavia; those related to changes in the distribution of tick hosts, particularly roe deer and other cervids; other ecological changes such as habitat connectivity and changes in land management; and finally, anthropogenically induced changes. These factors are strongly interlinked and often not well quantified. Although a change in climate plays an important role in certain geographic regions, for much of Europe it is non-climatic factors that are becoming increasingly important. How we manage habitats on a landscape scale, and the changes in the distribution and abundance of tick hosts are important considerations during our assessment and management of the public health risks associated with ticks and tick-borne disease issues in 21(st) century Europe. Better understanding and mapping of the spread of I. ricinus (and changes in its abundance) is, however, essential to assess the risk of the spread of infections transmitted by this vector species. Enhanced tick surveillance with harmonized approaches for comparison of data enabling the follow-up of trends at EU level will improve the messages on risk related to tick-borne diseases to policy makers, other stake holders and to the general public.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 <1%
Hungary 2 <1%
Sweden 2 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Faroe Islands 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 575 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 89 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 88 15%
Student > Master 78 13%
Student > Bachelor 75 13%
Other 26 4%
Other 84 14%
Unknown 150 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 173 29%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 60 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 40 7%
Environmental Science 39 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 24 4%
Other 78 13%
Unknown 176 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 January 2024.
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#1,298,251
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Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#179
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#11,087
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Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#3
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