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Turid Vikøren

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BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU LATO DETECTED IN SKIN OF NORWEGIAN MOUNTAIN HARES (LEPUS TIMIDUS) WITHOUT SIGNS OF DISSEMINATION

2011

The mountain hare (Lepus timidus) population in southern Norway appears to be in decline. Necropsy and laboratory examinations of 36 hares found dead or diseased during 2007-2009 in Vest- and Aust-Agder counties showed that disease and deaths were attributed to multiple causes, with no specific etiology emerging as a cause for population decline. To investigate whether Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) infection is associated with mortality in mountain hares, tissues and ticks collected from hares were investigated for infection with the spirochete. Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. DNA was not detected in samples from internal organs, whereas Borrelia afzelii, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.…

DNA BacterialMaleConservation of Natural ResourcesIxodes ricinusanimal diseasesPopulationAnimals WildBorrelia afzeliimedicine.disease_causeMicrobiologyTicksBorrelia burgdorferi GroupSensuBorreliaparasitic diseasesmedicineAnimalsBorrelia burgdorferieducationEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsSkinLyme Diseaseeducation.field_of_studyEcologybiologyNorwayBorreliaHaresbacterial infections and mycosesbiology.organism_classificationPopulation declineFemaleLepus timidusJournal of Wildlife Diseases
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