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

• Main Authors: Najmul Haider, Laaksonen, Sauli, Kjær, Lene, Oksanen, Antti, Bødker, Rene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Figshare 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Biotechnology; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Computational Biology; Sodankylä; Slaughter; Kuusamo; Northern Finland; Tundra; Lapland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4297613.v1; https://figshare.com/collections/The_annual_temporal_and_spatial_pattern_of_Setaria_tundra_outbreaks_in_Finnish_reindeer_a_mechanistic_transmission_model_approach/4297613/1

Abstract 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 caus...