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Re-emergence of tularemia in Germany: Presence of Francisella tularensis in different rodent species in endemic areas

BACKGROUND: Tularemia re-emerged in Germany starting in 2004 (with 39 human cases from 2004 to 2007) after over 40 years of only sporadic human infections. The reasons for this rise in case numbers are unknown as is the possible reservoir of the etiologic agent Francisella (F.) tularensis. No system...

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Autores principales: Kaysser, Philipp, Seibold, Erik, Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin, Pfeffer, Martin, Essbauer, Sandra, Splettstoesser, Wolf D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2629769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-157