Bødker, Rene

Clausen, Cecilie Grønlund

Kirkeby, Carsten

Schou, Kirstine Klitgaard

Online Research Database In Technology

                       General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.  • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal   If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.     Downloaded from orbit.dtu.dk on: Nov 09, 2017Communicating spatial risk of tick-borne infections - Creating a ScandTick Innovationwebsite based on surveillance dataClausen, Cecilie Grønlund; Schou, Kirstine Klitgaard; Kirkeby, Carsten Thure; Bødker, RenePublication date:2016Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink back to DTU OrbitCitation (APA):Clausen, C. G., Schou, K. K., Kirkeby, C., & Bødker, R. (2016). Communicating spatial risk of tick-borneinfections - Creating a ScandTick Innovation website based on surveillance data. Poster session presented at3rd Conference on Neglected Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases (EurNegVec): with MC and WG Meeting ofthe COST Action TD1303, Zaragoza, Spain.Communicating spatial risk of tick-borne infections Creating a ScandTick Innovation website based on surveillance data  DTU VET National Veterinary Institute Section for Epidemiology Technical University of Denmark  Bülowsvej 27 1870 Frederiksberg C   Corresponding author:  Cecilie Grønlund Clausen Research Assistant, MSc  Phone: +45 40 95 16 95 Email: cgcl@vet.dtu.dk Cecilie Grønlund Clausen, Kirstine Klitgaard Schou, Carsten Kirkeby, René Bødker Section for Epidemiology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark Introduction • Ticks are important vectors of infectious human and animal diseases in Europe. • Several new tick-borne pathogens have been discovered in Danish ticks in recent years.             Fear       Misunderstandings       Aims       Awareness       Knowledge       Caution   Map illustrating the probability of finding a positive pool (N=15) of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis throughout Denmark (green  red : increasing probability). This model was made using remote sensing and is based on preliminary data.  Risk map Perspective The website will provide the public with knowledge of the risks of tick bites.  We therefore aim to ensure early diagnosis, more effective prevention of tick-borne diseases and to provide quantitative risk estimates to health professionals. Visit us at www.flaater.dk. Data • A large amount of spatial prevalence data is available from recent surveillance of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Denmark.  • We are using these data to develop a website to communicate quantitative information on ticks, pathogens and the risk of infection and illness.  • In the near future, the newly EU funded ScandTick Innovation project will conduct large scale mapping of all tick-borne pathogens in southern Scandinavia.   Prevalence 02468101214A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X YPrevalence (%) Site Neoerchlicia mikurensis in Denmark Graph illustrating the prevalence of Candidatus neoerhlichia mikurensis from 24 sites (A-Y) throughout Denmark.  The red dotted line marks the national average of 2,3%, while the bars mark the prevalence at each site.  The graph clearly illustrates a spatial variation in the prevalence of this specific tick-borne pathogen, ranging from 0% to 12,6%.  Background image: © Per Eikeseth Knudsen 

Communicating spatial risk of tick-borne infections - Creating a ScandTick Innovation website based on surveillance data

                       General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.  • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal   If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.     Downloaded from orbit.dtu.dk on: Nov 09, 2017Communicating spatial risk of tick-borne infections: Creating a ScandTick Innovationwebsite based on surveillance dataClausen, Cecilie Grønlund; Schou, Kirstine Klitgaard; Kirkeby, Carsten Thure; Bødker, RenePublication date:2016Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink back to DTU OrbitCitation (APA):Clausen, C. G., Schou, K. K., Kirkeby, C., & Bødker, R. (2016). Communicating spatial risk of tick-borneinfections: Creating a ScandTick Innovation website based on surveillance data. Poster session presented atSVEPM, Helsingør, Denmark.Communicating spatial risk of tick-borne infections Creating a ScandTick Innovation website based on surveillance data  DTU VET National Veterinary Institute Section for Epidemiology Technical University of Denmark  Bülowsvej 27 1870 Frederiksberg C   Corresponding author:  Cecilie Grønlund Clausen Research Assistant, MSc  Phone: +45 40 95 16 95 Email: cgcl@vet.dtu.dk Cecilie Grønlund Clausen, Kirstine Klitgaard Schou, Carsten Kirkeby, René Bødker Section for Epidemiology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of DenmarkData The average prevalence of tick-borne pathogens throughout Denmark  makes it possible to rank the pathogens in order of abundance. B. lusitaniae is the least and R. helvetica the most prevalent tick-borne pathogens in Denmark. 0,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,0Prevalence (%)  Average prevalence in Denmark 051015202530Prevalence (%) Range of prevalence in Denmark  Illustrating the range of data for each pathogen reveals a geographical variation in the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Denmark. Fx. the prevalence B. miyamotoi ranges between 0% - 2,6%, indicating that the risk of infection will vary between geographical areas. This information can be helpful in the assessment of potential infection risks.  On a new informative website we illustrate the spatial prevalence and variation of tick-borne pathogens in Denmark, which has been largely unknown until now. By increasing awareness of this variation, we aim to ensure early diagnosis, more effective prevention of tick-borne diseases and to provide quantitative risk estimates to health professionals.  The aim is to communicate quantitative and targeted information on ticks, pathogens and the risk of infection and illness. The website is directed towards  the public, veterinarians and general practitioners and be quickly accessible from a smartphone.  Risk map Map illustrating the probability finding a positive pool (N=15) of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis throughout Denmark (green  red : increasing probability). This model was made using remote sensing and is based on preliminary data.  Pathogens Borrelia spp. Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Denmark Borrelia spp.  - in humans Prevalence in Denmark Risk Map Introduction Website 

Communicating spatial risk of tick-borne infections: Creating a ScandTick Innovation website based on surveillance data

http://orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/124140852/EurNegVec_Poster_FINAL.pdf

Communicating spatial risk of tick-borne infections: Creating a ScandTick Innovation website based on surveillance data

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

Online Research Database In Technology

Online Research Database In Technology