Tularemia: a re-emerging tick-borne infectious disease

DK Yeni, F Büyük, A Ashraf, MSD Shah - Folia microbiologica, 2021 - Springer
Tularemia is a bacterial disease of humans, wild, and domestic animals. Francisella
tularensis, which is a Gram-negative coccobacillus-shaped bacterium, is the causative agent …

Tularemia as a waterborne disease: a review

A Hennebique, S Boisset, M Maurin - Emerging microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative, intracellular bacterium causing the zoonosis
tularemia. This highly infectious microorganism is considered a potential biological threat …

Francisella tularensis Susceptibility to Antibiotics: A Comprehensive Review of the Data Obtained In vitro and in Animal Models

Y Caspar, M Maurin - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The antibiotic classes that are recommended for tularaemia treatment are the
aminoglycosides, the fluoroquinolones and the tetracyclines. However, cure rates vary …

Russian isolates enlarge the known geographic diversity of Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica

V Timofeev, I Bakhteeva, G Titareva, P Kopylov… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Francisella tularensis, a small Gram-negative bacterium, is capable of infecting a wide range
of animals, including humans, and causes a plague-like disease called tularemia—a highly …

Phylogenetic Lineages of Francisella tularensis in Animals

P Pilo - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the facultative intracellular bacterium Francisella
tularensis. This microorganism can infect a plethora of animal species and its ecology is …

Genomic characterization of Francisella tularensis and other diverse Francisella species from complex samples

DM Wagner, DN Birdsell, RF McDonough… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Francisella tularensis, the bacterium that causes the zoonosis tularemia, and its genetic near
neighbor species, can be difficult or impossible to cultivate from complex samples. Thus …

Presence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica DNA in the Aquatic Environment in France

CD Brunet, A Hennebique, J Peyroux, I Pelloux… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
In 2018, the incidence of tularemia increased twofold in the west of France, with many
pneumonic forms, suggesting environmental sources of infection. We investigated the …

Genetic diversity of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in Kazakhstan

V Shevtsov, A Kairzhanova, A Shevtsov… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Tularemia is a highly dangerous zoonotic infection due to the bacteria Francisella tularensis.
Low genetic diversity promoted the use of polymorphic tandem repeats (MLVA) as first-line …

Epidemiology of tularemia in the countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO): A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Sholeh, S Moradkasani… - PLOS Neglected Tropical …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Francisella tularensis, the bacterium that causes tularemia, has been a
persistent and widespread pathogen in various regions of the world for centuries …

Interplay between river dynamics and international borders: the Hirmand River between Iran and Afghanistan

S Yousefi, S Keesstra, HR Pourghasemi… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluvial dynamics in riverine borders can play an important role in political relationships
between countries. Rivers move and evolve under the influence of natural processes and …