Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation
Reindeer herding is of great importance for the indigenous people of the Fennoscandia peninsula and northern Russia. There are also free-ranging feral populations of reindeer in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Russian Federation. The genus Pestivirus contains several viral species that infect ungulates...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/17488 2023-05-15T16:11:58+02:00 Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation Omazic, Anna Aurosell, Caroline Fedorov, Valery Hagström, Åsa Kantanen, Juha Leijon, Mikael Mørk, Torill Nordtun, Christine S. Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena Þórisson, Skarphéðinn G. Reilas, Tiina Rockström, Urlika Sanchez Romano, Javier Thorarinsdóttir, Rán Wensman, Jonas Johansson Albihn, Ann 2019-10-29 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17488 https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2019.1682223 eng eng Taylor&Francis Infection Ecology & Epidemiology Omazic, A., Aurosell, C., Fedorov, V., Hagström, Å., Kantanen, J., Leijon, M., Mørk, T., Nordtun, C.S., Nymo, I.H., Þórisson, S.G., Reilas, T., Rockström, U., Sanchez Romano, J., Thorarinsdóttir, R., Tryland, M., Wensman, J.J., Albihn, A. (2019)Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 2019 , 9:1682223(1), 1-9 FRIDAID 1757336 doi:10.1080/20008686.2019.1682223 2000-8686 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17488 openAccess Copyright 2019 The Author(s) VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Human and veterinary science physiology: 718 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710::Human og veterinærmedisinsk fysiologi: 718 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2019 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2019.1682223 2021-06-25T17:57:03Z Reindeer herding is of great importance for the indigenous people of the Fennoscandia peninsula and northern Russia. There are also free-ranging feral populations of reindeer in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Russian Federation. The genus Pestivirus contains several viral species that infect ungulates and often show capacity to transmit between different host species. Sera from 520 Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation were analysed and the prevalence of pestivirus-specific antibodies was determined. Seropositivity proportion was 48.5% for Sweden and 41.2% for Norway, but only 1.6% for Iceland and 2.5% for Finland. All Russian reindeer investigated were seronegative. Pan-pestivirus RT-PCR of seronegative animals (n = 156) from seropositive herds confirmed their negative status. These results indicate unexpectedly non-uniform circulation of an as yet uncharacterised pestivirus in Eurasian reindeer populations. The high seroprevalence in some regions warrants further studies of pestivirus infection dynamics, effects on reindeer health and population dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Iceland Rangifer tarandus Tundra University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway Infection Ecology & Epidemiology 9 1 1682223 |
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VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Human and veterinary science physiology: 718 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710::Human og veterinærmedisinsk fysiologi: 718 |
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VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Human and veterinary science physiology: 718 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710::Human og veterinærmedisinsk fysiologi: 718 Omazic, Anna Aurosell, Caroline Fedorov, Valery Hagström, Åsa Kantanen, Juha Leijon, Mikael Mørk, Torill Nordtun, Christine S. Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena Þórisson, Skarphéðinn G. Reilas, Tiina Rockström, Urlika Sanchez Romano, Javier Thorarinsdóttir, Rán Wensman, Jonas Johansson Albihn, Ann Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation |
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VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Human and veterinary science physiology: 718 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710::Human og veterinærmedisinsk fysiologi: 718 |
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Reindeer herding is of great importance for the indigenous people of the Fennoscandia peninsula and northern Russia. There are also free-ranging feral populations of reindeer in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Russian Federation. The genus Pestivirus contains several viral species that infect ungulates and often show capacity to transmit between different host species. Sera from 520 Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation were analysed and the prevalence of pestivirus-specific antibodies was determined. Seropositivity proportion was 48.5% for Sweden and 41.2% for Norway, but only 1.6% for Iceland and 2.5% for Finland. All Russian reindeer investigated were seronegative. Pan-pestivirus RT-PCR of seronegative animals (n = 156) from seropositive herds confirmed their negative status. These results indicate unexpectedly non-uniform circulation of an as yet uncharacterised pestivirus in Eurasian reindeer populations. The high seroprevalence in some regions warrants further studies of pestivirus infection dynamics, effects on reindeer health and population dynamics. |
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Omazic, Anna Aurosell, Caroline Fedorov, Valery Hagström, Åsa Kantanen, Juha Leijon, Mikael Mørk, Torill Nordtun, Christine S. Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena Þórisson, Skarphéðinn G. Reilas, Tiina Rockström, Urlika Sanchez Romano, Javier Thorarinsdóttir, Rán Wensman, Jonas Johansson Albihn, Ann |
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Omazic, Anna Aurosell, Caroline Fedorov, Valery Hagström, Åsa Kantanen, Juha Leijon, Mikael Mørk, Torill Nordtun, Christine S. Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena Þórisson, Skarphéðinn G. Reilas, Tiina Rockström, Urlika Sanchez Romano, Javier Thorarinsdóttir, Rán Wensman, Jonas Johansson Albihn, Ann |
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Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation |
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Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation |
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Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation |
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Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation |
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Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation |
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seroprevalence of pestivirus in eurasian tundra reindeer in finland, sweden, norway, iceland and russian federation |
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Fennoscandia Iceland Rangifer tarandus Tundra |
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Fennoscandia Iceland Rangifer tarandus Tundra |
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Infection Ecology & Epidemiology Omazic, A., Aurosell, C., Fedorov, V., Hagström, Å., Kantanen, J., Leijon, M., Mørk, T., Nordtun, C.S., Nymo, I.H., Þórisson, S.G., Reilas, T., Rockström, U., Sanchez Romano, J., Thorarinsdóttir, R., Tryland, M., Wensman, J.J., Albihn, A. (2019)Seroprevalence of pestivirus in Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Russian Federation. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 2019 , 9:1682223(1), 1-9 FRIDAID 1757336 doi:10.1080/20008686.2019.1682223 2000-8686 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17488 |
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