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ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS<br />

* An asterisk is used as a multiplication sign in this thesis.<br />

AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. Space-<strong>borne</strong> sensors on at<br />

least two polar-orbiting satellites under the NOAA.<br />

BLAST Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. An algorithm for comparing<br />

biological sequence information, e.g., DNA sequences. A BLAST<br />

database is hosted <strong>by</strong> the NCBI.<br />

CCHF Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever: a serious arboviral hemorrhagic<br />

fever, transferred <strong>by</strong> a wide range <strong>of</strong> <strong>tick</strong> species, notably, the Hyalomma<br />

spp.<br />

CI Confidence interval. It is a 95 % probability that the true value will be<br />

within a 95 % CI, i.e., the range between a value - 1.96 * st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

deviation <strong>and</strong> the value + 1.96 * st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation.<br />

DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid: The material that makes up genes.<br />

ECM Erythema chronicum migrans: the primary rash seen in Lyme borreliosis.<br />

GLM Generalized linear model. A linear regression model which is unifying<br />

various statistical models, for studying effects <strong>and</strong> interaction <strong>of</strong> different<br />

variables.<br />

GPS Global positioning system. A satellite-based navigation system.<br />

IFAT Indirect immun<strong>of</strong>luorescence antibody test (see Box III).<br />

IPTG -D-1-thiogalactopyranoside. A molecular biology reagent that<br />

-galactosidase.<br />

IgG Immunoglobulin G, one <strong>of</strong> the five classes <strong>of</strong> antibodies.<br />

LI Louping ill, also called ovine encephalomyelitis: a serious arboviral<br />

infection that primarily affects sheep. It may also cause neurological<br />

disease in humans. Phylogenetically, the Louping ill virus is closely<br />

related to the <strong>tick</strong>-<strong>borne</strong> encephalitis virus.<br />

LIV Louping ill virus: an arbovirus belonging to the TBEV-complex,<br />

transmitted <strong>by</strong> Ixodid <strong><strong>tick</strong>s</strong>.<br />

NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information, a US government-funded<br />

institution under the National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health.<br />

NDHRS Norwegian Dairy Herd Recording System. A national database containing<br />

individual dairy cow registration on health, <strong>diseases</strong>, milk quality, meat<br />

quality, calving, artificial insemination <strong>and</strong> culling. Administered <strong>by</strong> TINE<br />

SA (previously TINE BA), which is Norway's largest producer, distributor<br />

<strong>and</strong> exporter <strong>of</strong> dairy products.<br />

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