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The annual, temporal and spatial pattern of Setaria tundra outbreaks in Finnish reindeer: a mechanistic transmission model approach

BACKGROUND: In northern Finland (Lapland), reindeer are reared as semi-domesticated animals. The region has a short summer season of 2–3 months, yet reindeer are infected with the mosquito-borne filarioid parasite Setaria tundra. The infection causes peritonitis and perihepatitis, which cause signif...

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Autores principales: Haider, Najmul, Laaksonen, Sauli, Kjær, Lene Jung, Oksanen, Antti, Bødker, Rene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30415639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3159-z