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Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. A large number of recent studies have provided an update on the disease characteristics and the distribution across Europe. In Croatia, most of the clinical cases, as well as the reports of the disease in animals, date from the 20th c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7284554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32408663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8050721 |
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author | Mihelčić, Mirna Marečić, Valentina Ožanič, Mateja Kelava, Ina Knežević, Maša Šantić, Marina |
author_facet | Mihelčić, Mirna Marečić, Valentina Ožanič, Mateja Kelava, Ina Knežević, Maša Šantić, Marina |
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description | Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. A large number of recent studies have provided an update on the disease characteristics and the distribution across Europe. In Croatia, most of the clinical cases, as well as the reports of the disease in animals, date from the 20th century. In that period, epidemic and epizootic research had given detailed information about endemic regions and their characteristics, including suspected animal hosts and vectors. The region along the middle course of the Sava River, called Middle Posavina, is described as an endemic region, i.e., a “natural focus” of tularemia, in Croatia. In the 21st century, cases of human tularemia are being reported sporadically, with ulceloglandular, oropharyngeal and typhoid forms of disease. A majority of the described cases are linked with the consumption of contaminated food or water. The disease outbreaks still occur in areas along the course of the river Sava and in northwest Croatia. In this review article, we have summarized epidemiologic and epizootic data of tularemia in the past and in recent Croatian history. |
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spelling | pubmed-72845542020-06-19 Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia Mihelčić, Mirna Marečić, Valentina Ožanič, Mateja Kelava, Ina Knežević, Maša Šantić, Marina Microorganisms Review Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. A large number of recent studies have provided an update on the disease characteristics and the distribution across Europe. In Croatia, most of the clinical cases, as well as the reports of the disease in animals, date from the 20th century. In that period, epidemic and epizootic research had given detailed information about endemic regions and their characteristics, including suspected animal hosts and vectors. The region along the middle course of the Sava River, called Middle Posavina, is described as an endemic region, i.e., a “natural focus” of tularemia, in Croatia. In the 21st century, cases of human tularemia are being reported sporadically, with ulceloglandular, oropharyngeal and typhoid forms of disease. A majority of the described cases are linked with the consumption of contaminated food or water. The disease outbreaks still occur in areas along the course of the river Sava and in northwest Croatia. In this review article, we have summarized epidemiologic and epizootic data of tularemia in the past and in recent Croatian history. MDPI 2020-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7284554/ /pubmed/32408663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8050721 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Mihelčić, Mirna Marečić, Valentina Ožanič, Mateja Kelava, Ina Knežević, Maša Šantić, Marina Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia |
title | Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia |
title_full | Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia |
title_fullStr | Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia |
title_short | Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia |
title_sort | epidemiologic and epizootic data of tularemia in the past and in the recent history in croatia |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7284554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32408663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8050721 |
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