Summary

• Main Authors: Vector-borne Nematodes, Sauli Laaksonen, Antti Oksanen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Global warming; Tundra
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.292.5518

There is a growing body of literature documenting the expansion of emerging parasites to sub-arctic areas. The potential impact of global warming on shifts in the spatiotemporal distribution and transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases in domesticated and wild ungulates may be remarkable [1]. Recent Finnish studies have revealed an array of Filarioid nematodes and associated diseases that appear to be emerging in northern ungulates [2-4]. Members of the genus Setaria (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) are found in the abdominal cavities of artiodactyls (especially Bovidae), equids and hyracoids. All produce microfilariae which are present in host blood [5], and known vectors are haematophagous mosquitoes (Culicidae spp) and horn flies (Haematobia spp.) [6]. The Filarioid nematode Setaria tundra was first