Detecting biothreat agents: From current diagnostics to developing sensor technologies

SA Walper, G Lasarte Aragonés, KE Sapsford… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

Francisella tularensis, Tularemia and Serological Diagnosis

M Maurin - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. The
predominant sources, routes of infection, and clinical manifestations of human infections …

Tularemia in Germany—a re-emerging zoonosis

M Faber, K Heuner, D Jacob, R Grunow - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever,” is a zoonosis caused by the facultative intracellular,
gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. Infection occurs through contact with …

[HTML][HTML] Japanese encephalitis virus RNA detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in Italy

P Ravanini, E Huhtamo, V Ilaria, MG Crobu… - …, 2012 - eurosurveillance.org
Mosquitoes collected in northern Italy were screened for flavivirus RNA. Positive amplicons
were sequenced and found most similar to insect flavivirus (ISF), Usutu virus (USUV) and …

Tularemia: current epidemiology and disease management

H Eliasson, T Broman, M Forsman… - Infectious Disease …, 2006 - id.theclinics.com
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Seroprevalence of Brucellosis, Tularemia, and Yersiniosis in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) from North‐Eastern Germany

S Al Dahouk, K Nöckler, H Tomaso… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Brucellosis and tularemia are classical zoonotic diseases transmitted from an animal
reservoir to humans. Both, wildlife and domestic animals, contribute to the spreading of …

Duplex Lateral Flow Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Yersinia pestis and Francisella tularensis

M Jauset-Rubio, H Tomaso, MS El-Shahawi… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
High-risk pathogens such as Francisella tularensis and Yersinia pestis are categorized as
highly hazardous organisms that can be used as biological weapons. Given the extreme …

Evaluation of clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic features of 145 tularemia cases: the role of quinolones in oropharyngeal tularemia

M Meric, A Willke, EJ FINKE, R Grunow, M Sayan… - Apmis, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Tularemia outbreaks have occurred in various regions of Turkey in recent years. In this
study, clinical (145 patients) and laboratory (97 patients) features of patients with …

Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica and Tularemia in Germany

S Appelt, M Faber, K Köppen, D Jacob, R Grunow… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis a small, pleomorphic,
facultative intracellular bacterium. In Europe, infections in animals and humans are caused …

Re-emergence of tularemia in Germany: Presence of Francisella tularensis in different rodent species in endemic areas

P Kaysser, E Seibold, K Mätz-Rensing, M Pfeffer… - BMC infectious …, 2008 - Springer
Background Tularemia re-emerged in Germany starting in 2004 (with 39 human cases from
2004 to 2007) after over 40 years of only sporadic human infections. The reasons for this …