Search Results - "Evengård, Birgitta"

Linking climate and infectious disease trends in the Northern/Arctic Region by Ma, Yan, Destouni, Georgia, Kalantari, Zahra, Omazic, Anna, Evengård, Birgitta, Berggren, Camilla, Thierfelder, Tomas

“…Recognition of climate-sensitive infectious diseases is crucial for mitigating health threats from climate change. Recent studies have reasoned about potential…”
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The relation between Blastocystis and the intestinal microbiota in Swedish travellers by Forsell, Joakim, Bengtsson-Palme, Johan, Angelin, Martin, Johansson, Anders, Evengård, Birgitta, Granlund, Margareta

“…Blastocystis sp. is a unicellular eukaryote that is commonly found in the human intestine. Its ability to cause disease is debated and a subject for ongoing…”
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Illness and risk behaviour in health care students studying abroad by Angelin, Martin, Evengård, Birgitta, Palmgren, Helena

“…Context The numbers of university students studying abroad increase every year. These students are not tourists as their studies require different types of…”
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Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change: new challenges for ecology and conservation by Pauchard, Aníbal, Milbau, Ann, Albihn, Ann, Alexander, Jake, Burgess, Treena, Daehler, Curtis, Englund, Göran, Essl, Franz, Evengård, Birgitta, Greenwood, Gregory B, Haider, Sylvia, Lenoir, Jonathan, McDougall, Keith, Muths, Erin, Nuñez, Martin A, Olofsson, Johan, Pellissier, Loic, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Rew, Lisa J, Robertson, Mark, Sanders, Nathan, Kueffer, Christoph

“…Cold environments at high elevation and high latitude are often viewed as resistant to biological invasions. However, climate warming, land use change and…”
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Climate Change in the Arctic-The Need for a Broader Gender Perspective in Data Collection by Rautio, Arja, Kukarenko, Natalia, Nilsson, Lena Maria, Evengard, Birgitta

“…Climate change in the Arctic affects both environmental, animal, and human health, as well as human wellbeing and societal development. Women and men, and…”
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Associating Land Cover Changes with Patterns of Incidences of Climate-Sensitive Infections: An Example on Tick-Borne Diseases in the Nordic Area by Leibovici, Didier G., Bylund, Helena, Björkman, Christer, Tokarevich, Nikolay, Thierfelder, Tomas, Evengård, Birgitta, Quegan, Shaun

“…Some of the climate-sensitive infections (CSIs) affecting humans are zoonotic vector-borne diseases, such as Lyme borreliosis (BOR) and tick-borne encephalitis…”
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Identifying climate-sensitive infectious diseases in animals and humans in Northern regions by Omazic, Anna, Bylund, Helena, Boqvist, Sofia, Högberg, Ann, Björkman, Christer, Tryland, Morten, Evengård, Birgitta, Koch, Anders, Berggren, Camilla, Malogolovkin, Alexander, Kolbasov, Denis, Pavelko, Nataly, Thierfelder, Tomas, Albihn, Ann

“…General knowledge on climate change effects and adaptation strategies has increased significantly in recent years. However, there is still a substantial…”
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Facing the limit of resilience: perceptions of climate change among reindeer herding Sami in Sweden by Furberg, Maria, Evengård, Birgitta, Nilsson, Maria

“…The Arctic area is a part of the globe where the increase in global temperature has had the earliest noticeable effect and indigenous peoples, including the…”
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Healthy Ecosystems Are a Prerequisite for Human Health-A Call for Action in the Era of Climate Change with a Focus on Russia by Orlov, Dmitry, Menshakova, Marija, Thierfelder, Tomas, Zaika, Yulia, Böhme, Sepp, Evengard, Birgitta, Pshenichnaya, Natalia

“…Throughout history, humans have experienced epidemics. The balance of living in nature encircled by microorganisms is delicate. More than 70% of today's…”
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High occurrence of Blastocystis sp. subtypes 1-3 and Giardia intestinalis assemblage B among patients in Zanzibar, Tanzania by Forsell, Joakim, Granlund, Margareta, Samuelsson, Linn, Koskiniemi, Satu, Edebro, Helén, Evengård, Birgitta

“…Blastocystis is a common intestinal parasite with worldwide distribution but the distribution of Blastocystis and its subtypes in East Africa is largely…”
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Discrepancies in data reporting of zoonotic infectious diseases across the Nordic countries - a call for action in the era of climate change by Omazic, Anna, Berggren, Camilla, Thierfelder, Tomas, Koch, Anders, Evengard, Birgitta

“…Emerging infections have in recent years caused enormous health problems. About 70% of these infections are zoonotic e.g. arise from natural foci in the…”
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Risk factors for colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae in healthcare students on clinical assignment abroad: A prospective study by Angelin, Martin, Forsell, Joakim, Granlund, Margareta, Evengård, Birgitta, Palmgren, Helena, Johansson, Anders

“…Summary Background The increase of antibiotic resistance in clinically important bacteria is a worldwide threat, especially in healthcare environments…”
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Study of the Relationship between the Average Annual Temperature of Atmospheric Air and the Number of Tick-Bitten Humans in the North of European Russia by Tronin, Andrei, Tokarevich, Nikolay, Blinova, Olga, Gnativ, Bogdan, Buzinov, Roman, Sokolova, Olga, Evengard, Birgitta, Pahomova, Tatyana, Bubnova, Liliya, Safonova, Olga

“…In recent decades, a considerable increase in the number of tick-bitten humans has been recorded in the north of European Russia. At the same time, significant…”
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Vulnerable populations: health of humans and animals in a changed landscape by Evengård, Birgitta

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Call for Urgent Monitoring of Food and Water Security Based on Relevant Indicators for the Arctic by Nilsson, Lena Maria, Destouni, Georgia, Berner, James, Dudarev, Alexey A, Mulvad, Gert, Odland, Jon Øyvind, Parkinson, Alan, Tikhonov, Constantine, Rautio, Arja, Evengård, Birgitta

“…This perspective paper argues for an urgent need to monitor a set of 12 concrete, measurable indicators of food and water security in the Arctic over time…”
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Connecting the global climate change and public health agendas by Nilsson, Maria, Evengård, Birgitta, Sauerborn, Rainer, Byass, Peter

“…Peter Byass and colleagues urge public health professionals to strengthen their response and develop actions to bring health and climate co-benefits…”
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Low-educated women with chronic pain were less often selected to multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs by Hammarström, Anne, Haukenes, Inger, Fjellman Wiklund, Anncristine, Lehti, Arja, Wiklund, Maria, Evengård, Birgitta, Stålnacke, Britt-Marie

“…There is a lack of research about a potential education-related bias in assessment of patients with chronic pain. The aim of this study was to analyze whether…”
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Climate‐driven ‘species‐on‐the‐move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change by Pecl, Gretta T., Kelly, Rachel, Lucas, Chloe, van Putten, Ingrid, Badhe, Renuka, Champion, Curtis, Chen, I‐Ching, Defeo, Omar, Gaitan‐Espitia, Juan Diego, Evengård, Birgitta, Fordham, Damien A., Guo, Fengyi, Henriques, Romina, Henry, Sabine, Lenoir, Jonathan, McGhie, Henry, Mustonen, Tero, Oliver, Stephen, Pettorelli, Nathalie, Pinsky, Malin L., Potts, Warren, Santana‐Garcon, Julia, Sauer, Warwick, Stensgaard, Anna‐Sofie, Tingley, Morgan W., Verges, Adriana

“…Abstract Over recent decades, our understanding of climate change has accelerated greatly, but unfortunately, observable impacts have increased in tandem. Both…”
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Evaluation of factors affecting real-time PCR performance for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in clinical stool samples by Forsell, Joakim, Koskiniemi, Satu, Hedberg, Ida, Edebro, Helén, Evengård, Birgitta, Granlund, Margareta

“…Although PCR offers the potential for sensitive detection of parasites there are several pitfalls for optimal performance, especially when DNA is extracted…”
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Effect of supplement with lactic-acid producing bacteria on fatigue and physical activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome by Sullivan, Asa, Nord, Carl E, Evengård, Birgitta

“…Disturbances in intestinal microbial ecology and in the immune system of the host have been implicated as a part of the pathogenesis in chronic fatigue…”
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