title: Tularemia among free-ranging mice without infection of exposed humans, Switzerland, 2012.
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.
authors.forename: Francesco C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Origgi
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Lindholm
authors.forename: Désirée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mayor
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pilo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*