[Close distance travels and imported diseases]Gunnar Hasle
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 128:1847. 2008
- Detection of Babesia divergens in southern Norway by using an immunofluorescence antibody test in cow sera
Gunnar Hasle
Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
Acta Vet Scand 52:55. 2010
..This is a potentially serious disease, with both economical and animal welfare consequences. Therefore, there is a need to survey the distribution of B. divergens...
- Transport of Babesia venatorum-infected Ixodes ricinus to Norway by northward migrating passerine birds
Gunnar Hasle
Reiseklinikken Oslo Travel Clinic, St Olavs plass 3, 0165 Oslo, Norway
Acta Vet Scand 53:41. 2011
..venatorum have been described. The objective of this study was to determine whether birds can introduce Babesia-infected ticks. There are between 30 and 85 million passerine birds that migrate to Norway every spring...
- Transport of ticks by migratory passerine birds to Norway
Gunnar Hasle
Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1050 Blindern, N 0316 Oslo, Norway
J Parasitol 95:1342-51. 2009
..001). With the exception of 10 nymphs and 1 larva, the predominant tick was Ixodes ricinus. Seven nymphs of Hyalomma rufipes and 1 larva of Dermacentor sp. were also found. No species of Dermacentor had previously been found in Norway...
- Transport of Ixodes ricinus infected with Borrelia species to Norway by northward-migrating passerine birds
Gunnar Hasle
Dept of Biology, University of Oslo, P O Box 1050 Blindern, N 0316 Oslo, Norway
Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2:37-43. 2011
..The prevalence of the different Borrelia species in ticks collected from migratory birds may be related to migration routes...
- Multiple paternity in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae), assessed by microsatellite markers
Gunnar Hasle
Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P O Box 1050 Blindern, N 0316 Oslo, Norway
J Parasitol 94:345-7. 2008
..ricinus, which may have consequences for the ticks' dispersal success by increasing the genetic diversity in broods from single females colonizing new sites...
- African tick bite fever in travelers to rural sub-Equatorial Africa
Mogens Jensenius
Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Clin Infect Dis 36:1411-7. 2003
..Our study suggests that ATBF is not uncommon in travelers to rural sub-Saharan Africa and that many cases have a nonspecific presentation...
- [Dangerous animals]
Gunnar Hasle
Reiseklinikken St Olavs plass 3 0165 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:1695-701. 2002
..It should be borne in mind that plant eaters cause just as many deaths as large predators. In some cases it is necessary to carry a sufficiently powerful firearm...
- [Histoplasmosis among travellers to Central America]
Karin Nygard
Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126:2838-42. 2006
..In order to describe the outbreak and identify the possible source of infection, a clinical and epidemiological study was conducted...
