title: Tularaemia in a brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in 2013: first case in the Netherlands in 60 years.
abstract: Tularaemia has not been reported in Dutch wildlife since 1953. To enhance detection, as of July 2011, brown hares (Lepus europaeus) submitted for postmortem 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.
authors: Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Rijks
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kik
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Koene
authors: M Y
authors: MY
authors: Engelsma
authors: P
authors: P
authors: van Tulden
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Montizaan
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Oomen
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Spierenburg
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ijzer
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: van der Giessen
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Gröne
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Roest
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D034621:Hares / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014406:Tularemia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*