Tularaemia in Europe: an epidemiological overview. Export

@article{citeulike:95901, abstract = {Tularaemia exists endemically in most European countries. In some areas, such as Finland and Sweden, outbreaks comprising hundreds of cases are recorded at least once a decade. In other areas, outbreaks of such a magnitude occur only occasionally, except in times of war. Between outbreaks, the natural reservoir of the causative agent, Francisella tularensis, is unknown. The organism replicates intracellularly in protozoans. An association of tularaemia to natural water may be of significance in locating the reservoir. Epidemiological work has to date been slow, but is now facilitated by the development of new molecular methods. Due to a variation in numbers of short sequence-tandem repeats in the bacterial genome, individual strains of F. tularensis can today be distinguished.}, address = {Department of Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Ume\r{a} University, Sweden. arne.tarnvik@infdis.umu.se}, author = {T\"{a}rnvik, Arne and Priebe, Heidi-Sabrina S. and Grunow, Roland}, citeulike-article-id = {95901}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15287379}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15287379}, issn = {0036-5548}, journal = {Scand J Infect Dis}, keywords = {tularemia}, number = {5}, pages = {350--355}, posted-at = {2005-02-15 16:12:49}, priority = {3}, title = {Tularaemia in Europe: an epidemiological overview.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15287379}, volume = {36}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:95901 L3 - citeulike-article-id:95901 N2 - Tularaemia exists endemically in most European countries. In some areas, such as Finland and Sweden, outbreaks comprising hundreds of cases are recorded at least once a decade. In other areas, outbreaks of such a magnitude occur only occasionally, except in times of war. Between outbreaks, the natural reservoir of the causative agent, Francisella tularensis, is unknown. The organism replicates intracellularly in protozoans. An association of tularaemia to natural water may be of significance in locating the reservoir. Epidemiological work has to date been slow, but is now facilitated by the development of new molecular methods. Due to a variation in numbers of short sequence-tandem repeats in the bacterial genome, individual strains of F. tularensis can today be distinguished. IS - 5 JF - Scand J Infect Dis SN - 0036-5548 AD - Department of Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Umeå University, Sweden. arne.tarnvik@infdis.umu.se EP - 355 TI - Tularaemia in Europe: an epidemiological overview. VL - 36 SP - 350 KW - tularemia AU - Tärnvik, Arne AU - Priebe, Heidi-Sabrina AU - Grunow, Roland PY - 2004/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15287379 ER -