| tularemia in germany: the tip of the iceberg? | tularemia is a rare, notifiable zoonosis in germany. since november 2004, several lines of evidence including outbreaks in humans or animals and confirmed infections in indigenous hare and rodent populations have indicated a re-emergence of tularemia in different german federal states. unfortunately, reliable basic information on the seroprevalence in different geographical regions, permitting the identification of risk factors, does not exist. combining a sensitive screening assay with a highly ... | 2009 | 18808726 |
| tularaemia in southwest germany: three cases of tick-borne transmission. | tularaemia, caused by francisella tularensis, is an endemic zoonosis frequently occurring in southwest germany. since 2005 there is an increase in the number of reported cases of tularaemia in germany. we report on two cases of ulceroglandular tularaemia and one case of glandular tularaemia that occurred in the summer of 2012 and 2013 in two counties in the federal state of baden-wuerttemberg. bacteria were transmitted through tick bites, which to date has only rarely been reported in germany. i ... | 2015 | 26055233 |
| presence of an emerging subclone of francisella tularensis holarctica in ixodes ricinus ticks from south-western germany. | the zoonotic disease tularaemia is caused by the bacterial pathogen francisella tularensis. although the causative agent is known for 100 years, knowledge of its enzootic cycles is still rudimentary. apart from tabanids and mosquitoes, hard ticks have been described as important vectors and potential reservoirs for f. tularensis. available data on the incidence of human tularaemia indicate an increase in cases in the federal state of baden-wuerttemberg. to determine whether ticks are involved in ... | 2013 | 23141103 |
| five cases of vector-borne francisella tularensis holarctica infections in south-western germany and genetic diversity. | tularemia is a rare zoonotic disease in germany. francisella tularensis has been isolated previously from ticks in southern germany underscoring the importance of ticks (ixodes ricinus) in tularemia transmission, but there have been only few reports from this region with single cases or small case series of tick-borne transmissions of tularemia. we report five cases of non-game animal associated tularemia diagnosed from 2010 to 2016 in southwestern germany - baden-wuerttemberg. our case series a ... | 2017 | 28684041 |