Tularemia among free-ranging mice without infection of exposed humans, Switzerland, 2012

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;21(1):133-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2101.140906.

Abstract

The animals primarily infected by Francisella tularensis are rapidly consumed by scavengers, hindering ecologic investigation of the bacterium. We describe a 2012 natural tularemia epizootic among house mice in Switzerland and the assessment of infection of exposed humans. The humans were not infected, but the epizootic coincided with increased reports of human cases in the area.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Francisella tularensis / genetics
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Rodent Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Rodent Diseases / microbiology
  • Rodent Diseases / transmission
  • Switzerland / epidemiology
  • Tularemia / epidemiology
  • Tularemia / transmission
  • Tularemia / veterinary*