Parasites in the changing world – Ten timely examples from the Nordic-Baltic region

Gunita Deksne; Rebecca K. Davidson; Kurt Buchmann; Age Kärssin; Muza Kirjušina; Inese Gavarāne; Andrea L. Miller; Guðný Rut Pálsdóttir; Lucy J. Robertson; Torill Mørk; Antti Oksanen; Vaidas Palinauskas; Pikka Jokelainen

doi:10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00150

Parasites in the changing world – Ten timely examples from the Nordic-Baltic region

Gunita Deksne
, Rebecca K. Davidson
, Kurt Buchmann
, Age Kärssin
, Muza Kirjušina
, Inese Gavarāne
, Andrea L. Miller
, Guðný Rut Pálsdóttir
, Lucy J. Robertson
, Torill Mørk
, Antti Oksanen
, Vaidas Palinauskas
, Pikka Jokelainen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Ecology

Institute of Food Safety Animal Health and Environment
National Veterinary Institute Norway
University of Copenhagen
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Veterinary and Food Laboratory
Daugavpils University
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
University of Iceland
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Finnish Food Authority
Gamtos tyrimu centras
Statens Serum Institut

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Abstract

The world is changing, and parasites adapt. The Nordic-Baltic region in northern Europe – including the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – is facing new parasitological challenges due to changes in populations of parasites and their hosts and the spread of new parasites to the region due to climate change. Some changes can also be ascribed to increased awareness and detection. In this paper, we review and discuss a convenience selection of ten timely examples of recent observations that exemplify trends and challenges from different fields of parasitology, with particular focus on climate change and potential changes in epidemiology of pathogens in northern Europe. The examples illustrate how addressing parasitological challenges often requires both intersectoral and international collaboration, and how using both historical baseline data and modern methodologies are needed.

Original language	English
Article number	e00150
Journal	Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00150
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020

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Keywords

Climate change
Epidemiology
Europe
Host
Parasite

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1.6 Biological Sciences

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Deksne, G., Davidson, R. K., Buchmann, K., Kärssin, A., Kirjušina, M., Gavarāne, I., Miller, A. L., Pálsdóttir, G. R., Robertson, L. J., Mørk, T., Oksanen, A., Palinauskas, V., & Jokelainen, P. (2020). Parasites in the changing world – Ten timely examples from the Nordic-Baltic region. Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 10, Article e00150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00150

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