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@article{citeulike:93681, abstract = {A large outbreak of tularemia occurred in Kosovo in the early postwar period, 1999-2000. Epidemiologic and environmental investigations were conducted to identify sources of infection, modes of transmission, and household risk factors. Case and control status was verified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot, and microagglutination assay. A total of 327 serologically confirmed cases of tularemia pharyngitis and cervical lymphadenitis were identified in 21 of 29 Kosovo municipalities. Matched analysis of 46 case households and 76 control households suggested that infection was transmitted through contaminated food or water and that the source of infection was rodents. Environmental circumstances in war-torn Kosovo led to epizootic rodent tularemia and its spread to resettled rural populations living under circumstances of substandard housing, hygiene, and sanitation.}, address = {Institute of Public Health North Rhine-Westphalia, Muenster, Germany. ReintjesR@hotmail.com}, author = {Reintjes, R. and Dedushaj, I. and Gjini, A. and Jorgensen, T. R. and Cotter, B. and Lieftucht, A. and D'Ancona, F. and Dennis, D. T. and Kosoy, M. A. and Mulliqi-Osmani, G. and Grunow, R. and Kalaveshi, A. and Gashi, L. and Humolli, I.}, citeulike-article-id = {93681}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11749751}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11749751}, issn = {1080-6040}, journal = {Emerg Infect Dis}, keywords = {tularemia}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {69--73}, posted-at = {2005-02-12 15:54:26}, priority = {0}, title = {Tularemia outbreak investigation in Kosovo: case control and environmental studies.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11749751}, volume = {8}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:93681 L3 - citeulike-article-id:93681 N2 - A large outbreak of tularemia occurred in Kosovo in the early postwar period, 1999-2000. Epidemiologic and environmental investigations were conducted to identify sources of infection, modes of transmission, and household risk factors. Case and control status was verified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot, and microagglutination assay. A total of 327 serologically confirmed cases of tularemia pharyngitis and cervical lymphadenitis were identified in 21 of 29 Kosovo municipalities. Matched analysis of 46 case households and 76 control households suggested that infection was transmitted through contaminated food or water and that the source of infection was rodents. Environmental circumstances in war-torn Kosovo led to epizootic rodent tularemia and its spread to resettled rural populations living under circumstances of substandard housing, hygiene, and sanitation. IS - 1 JF - Emerg Infect Dis SN - 1080-6040 AD - Institute of Public Health North Rhine-Westphalia, Muenster, Germany. ReintjesR@hotmail.com EP - 73 TI - Tularemia outbreak investigation in Kosovo: case control and environmental studies. VL - 8 SP - 69 KW - tularemia AU - Reintjes, R AU - Dedushaj, I AU - Gjini, A AU - Jorgensen, TR AU - Cotter, B AU - Lieftucht, A AU - D'Ancona, F AU - Dennis, DT AU - Kosoy, MA AU - Mulliqi-Osmani, G AU - Grunow, R AU - Kalaveshi, A AU - Gashi, L AU - Humolli, I PY - 2002/01// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11749751 ER -