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The taiga tick,  Ixodes persulcatus , has previously been limited to eastern Europe and northern Asia, but recently its range has expanded to Finland and northern Sweden. The species is of medical importance, as it, along with a string of other pathogens, may carry the Siberian and Far Eastern subtypes of tick-borne encephalitis virus. These subtypes appear to cause more severe disease, with higher fatality rates than the central European subtype. Until recently, the meadow tick,  Dermacentor reticulatus , has been absent from Scandinavia, but has now been detected in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.  Dermacentor reticulatus  carries, along with other pathogens,  Babesia canis  and  Rickettsia raoultii .  Babesia canis  causes severe and often fatal canine babesiosis, and  R. raoultii  may cause disease in humans. We collected 600 tick nymphs from each of 50 randomly selected sites in Denmark, southern Norway and south-eastern Sweden in August–September 2016. We tested pools of 10 nymphs in a Fluidigm real time PCR chip to screen for  I .  persulcatus  and  D. reticulatus , as well as tick-borne pathogens. Of all the 30,000 nymphs tested, none were  I. persulcatus  or  D. reticulatus.  Our results suggest that  I. persulcatus  is still limited to the northern parts of Sweden, and have not expanded into southern parts of Scandinavia. According to literature reports and supported by our screening results,  D. reticulatus  may yet only be an occasional guest in Scandinavia without established populations.

A large-scale screening for the taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus, and the meadow tick, Dermacentor reticulatus, in southern Scandinavia, 2016