| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5546343 | Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Tularemia is a rare zoonotic disease in Germany. Francisella tularensis has been isolated previously from ticks in southern Germany underscoring the importance of ticks (Ixodes ricinus) in tularemia transmission, but there have been only few reports from this region with single cases or small case series of tick-borne transmissions of tularemia. We report five cases of non-game animal associated tularemia diagnosed from 2010 to 2016 in southwestern Germany - Baden-Wuerttemberg. Our case series and molecular typing (MLVA) results add published clinical experience to this underdiagnosed disease and consolidate previous findings regarding tick-borne transmission of tularemia and phylogenetic diversity in Germany.
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Authors
Johannes P. Borde, Sabine Zange, Markus H. Antwerpen, Enrico Georgi, Heiner von Buttlar, Winfried V. Kern, Siegbert Rieg,