Dissemination of Spotted Fever Rickettsia Agents in Europe by Migrating Birds

• Karin Elfving,

  Affiliations Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Falu Hospital, Falun, Sweden

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• Björn Olsen,

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, Section for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, Kalmar University, Kalmar, Sweden

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• Sven Bergström,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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• Jonas Waldenström,

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, Section for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, Kalmar University, Kalmar, Sweden

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• Åke Lundkvist,

  Affiliation Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

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• Anders Sjöstedt,

  Affiliation Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden

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• Hans Mejlon,

  Affiliation Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Kenneth Nilsson

  * E-mail: kenneth.nilsson@medsci.uu.se

  Affiliations Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, Center of Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun, Sweden, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Falu Hospital, Falun, Sweden

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