ArticleVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)2014
Serological investigation of wild boars (Sus scrofa) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) as indicator animals for circulation of Francisella tularensis in Germany.
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- [Ulceroglandular tularemia after contact with a wild boar : Risk of infection for medical personnel by aerosol inhalation during lymph node resection].Der Unfallchirurg · 2020Article
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- Molecular identification of the source of an uncommon tularaemia outbreak, Germany, autumn 2016.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019Article
- Genetic Diversity and Spatial Segregation ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019Article
- Tularemia in Germany-A Re-emerging Zoonosis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2018Review
- High and novel genetic diversity of Francisella tularensis in Germany and indication of environmental persistence.Epidemiology and infection · 2016Article
- Genome sequence and phenotypic analysis of a first German Francisella sp. isolate (W12-1067) not belonging to the species Francisella tularensis.BMC microbiology · 2014Article
- Detection ofPolish journal of microbiologyArticle
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Abstract
Tularemia outbreaks in humans have recently been reported in many European countries, but data on the occurrence in the animal population are scarce. In North America, seroconversion of omnivores and carnivores was used as indicator for the presence of tularemia, for the European fauna, however, data are barely available. Therefore, the suitability of wild boars (Sus scrofa) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) as indicators for the circulation of F. tularensis in Germany was evaluated. Serum samples from 566 wild boars and 457 red foxes were collected between 1995 and 2012 in three federal states in Central Germany (Hesse, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia). The overall rate of seropositive animals was 1.1% in wild boars and 7.4% in red foxes. In conclusion, serological examination of red foxes is recommended, because they can be reliably used as indicator animals for the presence of F. tularensis in the environment.
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