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Studies of Myxidium giardi Cépède, 1906 infections in Icelandic eels identifies a genetically diverse clade of myxosporeans that represents the Paramyxidium n. g. (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae)

Freeman, Mark A.; Kristmundsson, Árni (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-10-22)

Background: The myxosporean Myxidium giardi Cépède, 1906 was described infecting the kidney of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), having spindle-shaped myxospores and terminal sub-spherical polar capsules. Since then, numerous anguillid eels ...
Surveillance of Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Iceland

Alfreðsson, Matthías S.; Ólafsson, Erling; Eydal, Matthías; Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut; Hansford, Kayleigh; Wint, William; Alexander, Neil; Medlock, Jolyon M. (Springer Nature, 2017-10-10)

Background: Ixodes ricinus is a three-host tick, a principal vector of Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) and one of the main vectors of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus. Iceland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean with subpolar oceanic climate. During ...

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