Tularaemia seroprevalence of captured and wild animals in Germany: The fox (Vulpes vulpes) as a biological indicator

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 833-840

  Kuehn, A ^a,b   Schulze, C ^c   Kutzer, P ^c   Probst, C ^d   Hlinak, A ^c   Ochs, A ^e   Grunow, R ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Landeslabor Berlin Brandenburg   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e Zoo Berlin AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Serology; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOX; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GERMANY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; RACCOON DOG; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TULAREMIA; VULPES VULPES; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD ANIMAL; WILD BOAR; WILDLIFE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GERMANY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84874499454     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001008     Document Type: Article

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