Publications

louping-ill virus serosurvey of willow ptarmigan (lagopus lagopus lagopus) in norway.	in norway, the willow ptarmigan (lagopus lagopus lagopus) is experiencing population declines and is nationally red listed as near threatened. although disease has not generally been regarded as an important factor behind population fluctuations for willow ptarmigan in norway, disease occurrence has been poorly investigated. both louping-ill virus (liv) and the closely related tick-borne encephalitis virus are found along the southern part of the norwegian coast. we assessed whether and where no ...	2021	33822153
altitudinal patterns of tick and host abundance: a potential role for climate change in regulating tick-borne diseases?	the impact of climate change on vector-borne infectious diseases is currently controversial. in europe the primary arthropod vectors of zoonotic diseases are ticks, which transmit borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (the agent of lyme disease), tick-borne encephalitis virus and louping ill virus between humans, livestock and wildlife. ixodes ricinus ticks and reported tick-borne disease cases are currently increasing in the uk. theories for this include climate change and increasing host abundance. ...	2010	19685082
ticks need not bite their red grouse hosts to infect them with louping ill virus.	for pathogens transmitted by biting vectors, one of the fundamental assumptions is often that vector bites are the sole or main route of host infection. here, we demonstrate experimentally a transmission route whereby hosts (red grouse, lagopus lagopus scoticus) became infected with a member of the tick-borne encephalitis virus complex, louping ill virus, after eating the infected tick vector. furthermore, we estimated from field observations that this mode of infection could account for 73-98% ...	2004	15252984