Tularaemia: clinical aspects in Europe

M Maurin, M Gyuranecz - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2016 - thelancet.com
Tularaemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis, a Gram-negative,
facultative intracellular bacterium. Typically, human and animal infections are caused by F …

Tularemia in Germany—a re-emerging zoonosis

M Faber, K Heuner, D Jacob, R Grunow - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever,” is a zoonosis caused by the facultative intracellular,
gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. Infection occurs through contact with …

Francisella tularensis Susceptibility to Antibiotics: A Comprehensive Review of the Data Obtained In vitro and in Animal Models

Y Caspar, M Maurin - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The antibiotic classes that are recommended for tularaemia treatment are the
aminoglycosides, the fluoroquinolones and the tetracyclines. However, cure rates vary …

Tularemia goes west: epidemiology of an emerging infection in Austria

S Seiwald, A Simeon, E Hofer, G Weiss… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The zoonotic disease tularemia is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Francisella
tularensis, with the two major subspecies tularensis and holarctica being responsible for …

High and novel genetic diversity of Francisella tularensis in Germany and indication of environmental persistence

C Schulze, K Heuner, K Myrtennäs… - Epidemiology & …, 2016 - cambridge.org
In Germany tularemia is a re-emerging zoonotic disease. Therefore, we investigated wild
animals and environmental water samples for the presence and phylogenetic diversity of …

Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica and Tularemia in Germany

S Appelt, M Faber, K Köppen, D Jacob, R Grunow… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis a small, pleomorphic,
facultative intracellular bacterium. In Europe, infections in animals and humans are caused …

Russian isolates enlarge the known geographic diversity of Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica

V Timofeev, I Bakhteeva, G Titareva, P Kopylov… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Francisella tularensis, a small Gram-negative bacterium, is capable of infecting a wide range
of animals, including humans, and causes a plague-like disease called tularemia—a highly …

Phylogenetic Lineages of Francisella tularensis in Animals

P Pilo - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the facultative intracellular bacterium Francisella
tularensis. This microorganism can infect a plethora of animal species and its ecology is …

Tularemia vaccine development: paralysis or progress?

R Sunagar, S Kumar, BJ Franz… - … development and therapy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Francisella tularensis (Ft) is a gram-negative intercellular pathogen and category A biothreat
agent. However, despite 15 years of strong government investment and intense research …

The phylogeographic pattern of Francisella tularensis in Sweden indicates a Scandinavian origin of Eurosiberian tularaemia

E Karlsson, K Svensson, P Lindgren… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies of the causative agent of tularaemia, F rancisella tularensis have identified
phylogeographic patterns suggestive of environmental maintenance reservoirs. To …