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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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Autores principales: Mihelčić, Mirna, Marečić, Valentina, Ožanič, Mateja, Kelava, Ina, Knežević, Maša, Šantić, Marina
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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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
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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/).
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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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