Tularaemia in a brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in 2013: first case in the Netherlands in 60 years

J.M. Rijks; M.J.L. Kik; M.G.J. Koene; M.Y. Engelsma; P. van Tulden; Margriet Montizaan; T. Oomen; M.A. Spierenburg; J. IJzer; J.W. van der Giessen; A. Gröne; H.J. Roest

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.49.20655

Tularaemia in a brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in 2013: first case in the Netherlands in 60 years

J.M. Rijks^*, M.J.L. Kik, M.G.J. Koene, M.Y. Engelsma, P. van Tulden, Margriet Montizaan, T. Oomen, M.A. Spierenburg, J. IJzer, J.W. van der Giessen, A. Gröne, H.J. Roest

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Tularaemia has not been reported in Dutch wildlife since 1953. To enhance detection, as of July 2011, brown hares (Lepus europaeus) submitted for post-mortem examination in the context of non-targeted wildlife disease surveillance, were routinely tested for tularaemia by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica infection was confirmed in a hare submitted in May 2013. The case occurred in Limburg, near the site of the 1953 case. Further surveillance should clarify the significance of this finding.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	18
Issue number	49
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.49.20655
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2013

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Rijks, J. M., Kik, M. J. L., Koene, M. G. J., Engelsma, M. Y., van Tulden, P., Montizaan, M., Oomen, T., Spierenburg, M. A., IJzer, J., van der Giessen, J. W., Gröne, A., & Roest, H. J. (2013). Tularaemia in a brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in 2013: first case in the Netherlands in 60 years. Eurosurveillance, 18(49), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.49.20655

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