High-throughput screening for tick-borne pathogens in Ixodid ticks collected through crowdsourcing in northern Sweden
This study provides data on tick-borne pathogens harbored by feeding ticks collected from a rather poorly investigated geographical area using a One Health perspective. Microfluidic techniques are confirmed to be an effective tool to screen large amounts of samples and to also find pathogens occurring at lower rates. This approach best supports the design of updated risk-maps and to find areas that deserve targeted tick sampling to obtain a more accurate risk assessment and achieve effective disease prevention.
Authors
- Phimphanit Choklikitumnuey
- Seungeun Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9463-6012)
- Anton de Jong
- Anna Omazic
- Linnea Öborn
- Ann Albihn
- Karin Ullman
- Ann Högberg
- Giulio Grandi
- Clémence Galon
- Galina Ganchenko
- Sara Moutailler
Institutions
- Medical Products Agency (SE)
- École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort (FR)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SE)
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta veterinaria Scandinavica
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-026-00854-9
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00