Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Department for Diagnostics and Scientific Advice, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Sci Data. 2020 Jul 16;7(1):238. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00579-y.
Ticks carry pathogens that can cause disease in both animals and humans, and there is a need to monitor the distribution and abundance of ticks and the pathogens they carry to pinpoint potential high risk areas for tick-borne disease transmission. In a joint Scandinavian study, we measured Ixodes ricinus instar abundance at 159 sites in southern Scandinavia in August-September, 2016, and collected 29,440 tick nymphs at 50 of these sites. We additionally measured abundance at 30 sites in August-September, 2017. We tested the 29,440 tick nymphs in pools of 10 in a Fluidigm real-time PCR chip to screen for 17 different tick-associated pathogens, 2 pathogen groups and 3 tick species. We present data on the geolocation, habitat type and instar abundance of the surveyed sites, as well as presence/absence of each pathogen in all analysed pools from the 50 collection sites and individual prevalence for each site. These data can be used alone or in combination with other data for predictive modelling and mapping of high-risk areas.
蜱携带可在动物和人类中引起疾病的病原体，因此需要监测蜱的分布和丰度以及它们携带的病原体，以确定蜱传疾病传播的潜在高风险区域。在一项联合的斯堪的纳维亚研究中，我们于 2016 年 8 月至 9 月在斯堪的纳维亚南部的 159 个地点测量了蓖子硬蜱幼虫的丰度，并在其中 50 个地点采集了 29440 只蜱幼虫。我们还于 2017 年 8 月至 9 月在 30 个地点测量了丰度。我们将 29440 只蜱幼虫的 10 只幼虫混合在一个 Fluidigm 实时 PCR 芯片中进行测试，以筛选 17 种不同的蜱相关病原体、2 种病原体组和 3 种蜱种。我们提供了有关调查地点的地理位置、生境类型和幼虫丰度的数据，以及所有 50 个采集地点的每个分析池中每种病原体的存在/不存在情况和每个地点的个体患病率。这些数据可单独使用，也可与其他数据结合用于预测建模和高风险区域的绘制。
