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ReviewEpidemiology and infection2015

The status of tularemia in Europe in a one-health context: a review.

G Hestvik, E Warns-Petit, L A Smith, N J Fox, H Uhlhorn, M Artois, D Hannant, M R Hutchings, R Mattsson, L Yon and 1 more

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Review in Epidemiology and infection, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

G HestvikDepartment of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases,National Veterinary Institute,Uppsala,Sweden.
E Warns-PetitEuropean Center for Disease Prevention and Control,Stockholm,Sweden.
L A SmithDisease Systems,SRUC,Edinburgh,UK.
N J FoxDisease Systems,SRUC,Edinburgh,UK.
H UhlhornDepartment of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases,National Veterinary Institute,Uppsala,Sweden.
M ArtoisUniversité de Lyon,VetAgro Sup,Marcy l'Etoile,France.
D HannantFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham,UK.
M R HutchingsDisease Systems,SRUC,Edinburgh,UK.
R MattssonDepartment of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases,National Veterinary Institute,Uppsala,Sweden.
L YonFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham,UK.
D Gavier-WidenDepartment of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases,National Veterinary Institute,Uppsala,Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterium Francisella tularensis causes the vector-borne zoonotic disease tularemia, and may infect a wide range of hosts including invertebrates, mammals and birds. Transmission to humans occurs through contact with infected animals or contaminated environments, or through arthropod vectors. Tularemia has a broad geographical distribution, and there is evidence which suggests local emergence or re-emergence of this disease in Europe. This review was developed to provide an update on the geographical distribution of F. tularensis in humans, wildlife, domestic animals and vector species, to identify potential public health hazards, and to characterize the epidemiology of tularemia in Europe. Information was collated on cases in humans, domestic animals and wildlife, and on reports of detection of the bacterium in arthropod vectors, from 38 European countries for the period 1992-2012. Multiple international databases on human and animal health were consulted, as well as published reports in the literature. Tularemia is a disease of complex epidemiology that is challenging to understand and therefore to control. Many aspects of this disease remain poorly understood. Better understanding is needed of the epidemiological role of animal hosts, potential vectors, mechanisms of maintenance in the different ecosystems, and routes of transmission of the disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsBirdsCommunicable Diseases, EmergingEuropeFrancisella tularensisHumansInvertebratesMammalsTopography, MedicalTularemiaZoonosesAnimal pathogensinfectious diseasevectorsveterinary epidemiology and bacteriologyzoonoses

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PMID25266682
PMCPMC9506979

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