Investigation of the ecology of francisella tularensis during an inter-epizootic period

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1031-1035

  Gyuranecz, Miklós ^a   Rigó, Krisztina ^a   Dán, Ádám ^b   Földvári, Gábor ^a   Makrai, László ^a   Dénes, Béla ^b   Fodor, László ^a   Majoros, Gábor ^a   Tirják, László ^c   Erdélyi, Károly ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c Körös Maros National Park Directorate   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; European brown hare; Francisella tularensis ssp.; Haemaphysalis concinna; holarctica; Rodent; Tick; Tularemia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUFFALO; COW; CTENOPHTHALMUS ASSIMILIS; ECOLOGY; FLEA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HABITAT; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; HARE; IXODES RICINUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NOSOPSYLLUS FASCIATUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHREW; TICK; TULAREMIA; VEGETATION; VOLE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HARES; HUNGARY; INSECT VECTORS; MAMMALS; MICE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANTS; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS; TULAREMIA;

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARTHROPODA; BUBALUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MUS; NOSOPSYLLUS FASCIATUS; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SOREX ARANEUS; SOREX MINUTUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 80051517980     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0091     Document Type: Article

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