Aminikhah, Mahdi
Aalto, Juha
Forsman, Jukka T.
Gregow, Hilppa
Henttonen, Heikki
Huitu, Otso
Kajanus, Mira H.
Korpimäki, Erkki
Lindén, Andreas
Ollgren, Jukka
Pietiäinen, Hannu
Sane, Jussi
Sundell, Janne
Ruha, Leena
Wang, Yingying
Kivelä, Sami M.
Kallio, Eva R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Unit of Ecology and Genetics at the University of Oulu
Kvantum Institute at University of Oulu
Academy of Finland (337552)
Academy of Finland (314833)
Academy of Finland (335651)
The Natural Resource Institute Finland
Kone Foundation
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Lammi Biological Station, University of Helsinki
Article History
Received: 14 August 2025
Accepted: 11 November 2025
First Online: 2 December 2025
Change Date: 13 May 2026
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-026-07430-0
Declarations
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: This research adhered to the Association for the Study of Animal Behavior/Animal Behavior Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research and the legal requirements in Finland and all institutional guidelines with permissions. The human infection incidence data have not included any personal information, only the number of diagnosed cases per municipality. Therefore, no ethics permission for the use of human data was needed.
: The authors declare no competing interests.