Tularaemia in a brown hare ( lepus europaeus ) in 2013: first case in the netherlands in 60 years

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• who: Eurosurveillance from the Lagomorphs and rodents are most susceptible to infection and disease by the bacterium [5]In a number of European countries, brown hares are considered to be an important host of F. tularensis and transmission to humans is known to result from direct contact with hares [6, ]. In the Netherlands, the agent was last reported in , when seven members of an eight-person family became ill after consuming a brown hare [8, ]. In contrast, in Lower Saxony, a German federal state that shares a common border with the Netherlands, F. tularensis has been detected . . .
  

   

  

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