Unexpected increase of human and animal tularemia cases during winter 2007/2008 in France: Emergence or short-lasting episode?;Excès de cas humains et animaux de tularémie en France au cours de l'hiver 2007-2008: Émergence ou phénomène isolé?

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 279-284

  Mailles, A ^a   Madani, N ^b   Maurin, M ^c   Garin Bastuji, B ^b   Vaillant, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hare; Human; Outbreak; Surveillance; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TULAREMIA; WESTERN BLOTTING; WINTER; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; VERY ELDERLY; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HARES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; TULAREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952889157     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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