| assessing the abundance, seasonal questing activity, and borrelia and tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) prevalence of ixodes ricinus ticks in a lyme borreliosis endemic area in southwest finland. | studies have revealed that ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) have become more abundant and their geographical distribution extended northwards in some nordic countries during the past few decades. however, ecological data of tick populations in finland are sparse. in the current study, i. ricinus abundance, seasonal questing activity, and their borrelia spp. and tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) prevalence were evaluated in a lyme borreliosis endemic area in southwest finland, seili island, wh ... | 2016 | 26548608 |