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Thomas G. T. Jaenson

Thomas G. T. Jaenson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
10781
World Ranking
15619
National Ranking
237

Overview

Thomas G. T. Jaenson is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to parasitology and infectious diseases.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology

Jaenson's research covers several key topics, notably:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Malaria Research and Control

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jaenson include:

  • Peter Wilhelmsson
  • Björn Olsén
  • Per-Eric Lindgren
  • Jonas Waldenström
  • Tove Hoffman

They have published in multiple scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Microorganisms
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • One Health

Notable recent publications include:

  • First records of adult Hyalomma marginatum and H. rufipes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Sweden, 2020, in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Migratory birds as disseminators of ticks and the tick-borne pathogens Borrelia bacteria and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus: a seasonal study at Ottenby Bird Observatory in South-eastern Sweden, 2020, in Parasites & Vectors
  • Three Babesia species in Ixodes ricinus ticks from migratory birds in Sweden, 2021, in Parasites & Vectors
  • Association between guilds of birds in the African-Western Palaearctic region and the tick species Hyalomma rufipes, one of the main vectors of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, 2021, in One Health
  • Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis of the ITS2 region of two sympatric malaria mosquito species in Sweden: Anopheles daciae and Anopheles messeae, 2020, in Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Best Publications

  • Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

    Jolyon M. Medlock;Kayleigh M. Hansford;Antra Bormane;Marketa Derdakova

  • Changes in the geographical distribution and abundance of the tick Ixodes ricinus during the past 30 years in Sweden

    Thomas G T Jaenson;David G E Jaenson;Lars Eisen;Erik Petersson

  • European reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.

    L. Gern;A. Estrada-Peña;F. Frandsen;J.S. Gray

  • Transhemispheric exchange of Lyme disease spirochetes by seabirds

    Björn Olsen;David C. Duffy;Thomas G. T. Jaenson;Åsa Gylfe

  • Lyme borreliosis in Europe: influences of climate and climate change, epidemiology, ecology and adaptation measures

    Elisabet Lindgren;Thomas G.T. Jaenson

  • Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected ticks on migrating birds.

    Björn Olsen;Thomas G T Jaenson;Sven Bergström

  • Geographical Distribution, Host Associations, and Vector Roles of Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) in Sweden

    Thomas G. T. Jaenson;Lars TäLleklint;Lars Lundqvist;BjöRn Olsen

  • A Lyme borreliosis cycle in seabirds and Ixodes uriae ticks

    Björn Olsén;Thomas G. T. Jaenson;Laila Noppa;Jonas Bunikis

  • Evaluation of extracts and oils of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) repellent plants from Sweden and Guinea-Bissau.

    Thomas G. T. Jaenson;Katinka Pålsson;Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson

  • Why is tick-borne encephalitis increasing? A review of the key factors causing the increasing incidence of human TBE in Sweden

    Thomas G T Jaenson;Marika Hjertqvist;Tomas Bergström;Ake Lundkvist

  • Plant products used as mosquito repellents in Guinea Bissau West Africa.

    Katinka Pålsson;Thomas G.T Jaenson;Thomas G.T Jaenson

  • Incompetence of roe deer as reservoirs of the Lyme borreliosis spirochete.

    Thomas G. T. Jaenson;Lars Tälleklint

  • Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from Mammal Reservoirs to the Primary Vector of Lyme Borreliosis, Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae), in Sweden

    Lars TÄLleklint;Thomas G. T. Jaenson

  • Questing behaviour of Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

    Hans Mejlon;Thomas G.T. Jaenson

  • Increasing Geographical Distribution and Density of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Central and Northern Sweden

    Lars TäLleklint;Thomas G. T. Jaenson

  • The range of Ixodes ricinus and the risk of contracting Lyme borreliosis will increase northwards when the vegetation period becomes longer.

    Thomas G.T. Jaenson;Elisabet Lindgren

  • Evaluation of extracts and oils of tick repellent plants from Sweden

    T. G. T. Jaenson;K. Palsson;K. Palsson;Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson

  • Infestation of mammals by Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in south-central Sweden

    Lars Talleklint;Thomas G.T. Jaenson;Thomas G.T. Jaenson

  • Repellency of Oils of Lemon Eucalyptus, Geranium, and Lavender and the Mosquito Repellent MyggA Natural to Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Laboratory and Field

    Thomas G. T. Jaenson;Samira Garboui;Katinka Pålsson

  • The epidemiology of lyme borreliosis

    T.G.T. Jaenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Björn Olsen
Björn Olsen Harvard University
Agustín Estrada-Peña
Agustín Estrada-Peña University of Zaragoza
Maxime Madder
Maxime Madder University of Pretoria
Róbert Farkas
Róbert Farkas University of Veterinary Medicine
Ake Lundkvist
Ake Lundkvist Uppsala University
Sven Bergström
Sven Bergström Umeå University
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Royal Institute of Technology
Frans Jongejan
Frans Jongejan University of Pretoria
Jonas Waldenström
Jonas Waldenström Linnaeus University
Jolyon M. Medlock
Jolyon M. Medlock Public Health England

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