Susceptibility of the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) to francisella tularensis and its effect on the epizootiology of tularemia in an area where both are endemic

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1316-1320

  Gyuranecz, Miklós ^a   Dénes, Béla ^b   Dán, Ádám ^b   Rigó, Krisztina ^a   Földvári, Gábor ^a   Szeredi, Levente ^b   Fodor, László ^a   Alexandra, Sallós ^a   Jánosi, Katalin ^a   Erdélyi, Károly ^b   Krisztalovics, Katalin ^c   Makrai, László ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis ssp. holarctica; Immunohistochemistry; Real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Tularemia; Wildlife; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETUS CRICETUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 78149256379     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1316     Document Type: Article

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