References

• Behan KA, Klein GC (1982). Reduction of Brucella species and Francisella tularensis cross-reacting agglutinins by dithiothreitol. J Clin Microbiol 16: 756-757. google scholar
• Clark DV, Ismailov A, Seyidova E, Hajiyeva A, Bakhishova S, Hajiyev H, Hepburn MJ (2012). Seroprevalence of tularemia in rural Azerbaijan. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (Larchmont, N.Y.), 12: 558-563. google scholar
• Dedeoğlu Kilinç G, Gürcan S, Eskiocak M, Kiliç H, Kunduracilar H (2007). Investigation of tularemia seroprevalence in the rural area of Thrace region in Turkey. Mikrobiyol Bul 41: 411-418. google scholar
• Duzlu O, Yildirim A, Inci A, Gumussoy KS, Ciloglu A, Onder Z (2016). Molecular investigation of Francisella-like endosymbiont in ticks and Francisella tularensis in ixodid ticks and mosquitoes in Turkey. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 16: 26-32. google scholar
• Ellis J, Oyston PCF, Green M, Titball RW (2002). Tularemia. Clin Microbiol Rev 15: 631-646. google scholar
• Esmaeili S, Gooya MM, Shirzadi MR, Esfandiari B, Amiri FB, Behzadi MY, Mostafavi E (2014). Seroepidemiological survey of tularemia among different groups in western Iran. Int J Infect Dis IJID 18: 27-31. google scholar
• Genchi M, Prati P, Vicari N, Manfredini A, Sacchi L, Clementi E, Bandi C, Epis S, Fabbi M (2015). Francisella tularensis: No evidence for transovarial transmission in the tularemia tick vectors Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus. PLoS One 10: e0133593. google scholar
• Gunes T, Poyraz O, Mehmet A, Turgut NH (2012). The seroprevalence of Rickettsia conorii in humans living in villages of Tokat Province in Turkey, where Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus is endemic, and epidemiological similarities of both infectious agents. Turk J Med Sci 42: 441-448. google scholar
• Gutiérrez MP, Bratos MA, Garrote JI, Dueñas A, Almaraz A, Alamo R, Rodríguez Marcos H, Rodríguez Recio MJ, Muñoz MF, Orduña A, Rodríguez-Torres A (2003). Serologic evidence of human infection by Francisella tularensis in the population of Castilla y León (Spain) prior to 1997. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 35:165-169. google scholar
• Gürcan Ş (2014). Epidemiology of tularemia. Balk Med J 2014: 3-10. google scholar
• Hestvik G, Warns-Petit E, Smith LA, Fox NJ, Uhlhorn H, Artois M, Gavier-Widen D (2015). The status of tularemia in Europe in a one-health context: a review. Epidemiol Infect 143: 2137-2160. google scholar
• Jenzora A, Jansen A, Ranisch H, Lierz M, Wichmann O, Grunow R (2008). Seroprevalence study of Francisella tularensis among hunters in Germany. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 53: 183-189. google scholar
• Karasartova D, Gureser AS, Gokce T, Celebi B, Yapar D, Keskin A, Taylan-Ozkan A (2018). Bacterial and protozoal pathogens found in ticks collected from humans in Corum province of Turkey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12: e0006395. google scholar
• Kilic S, Birdsell DN, Karagöz A, Çelebi B, Bakkaloglu Z, Arikan M, et al. (2015). Water as source of Francisella tularensis infection in humans, Turkey. Emerg Infect Dis 21: 2213. google scholar
• Koskela P, Salminen A (1985). Humoral immunity against Francisella tularensis after natural infection. J Clin Microbiol 22: 973-979. google scholar
• Leblebicioglu H, Esen S, Turan D, Tanyeri Y, Karadenizli A, Ziyagil F, Goral G (2008). Outbreak of tularemia: a case–control study and environmental investigation in Turkey. Int J Infect Dis 12: 265-269. google scholar
• Maurin M, Gyuranecz M (2016). Tularaemia: clinical aspects in Europe. Lancet Infect Dis 16: 113-124. google scholar
• Milutinović M, Masuzawa T, Tomanović S, Radulović Z, Fukui T, Okamoto Y (2008). Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Francisella tularensis and their co-infections in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Serbia. Exp Appl Acarol 45: 171-183. google scholar
• Porsch-Ozcürümez M, Kischel N, Priebe H, Splettstösser W, Finke E-J, Grunow R (2004). Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blotting, microagglutination, indirect immunofluorescence assay, and flow cytometry for serological diagnosis of tularemia. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 11: 1008-1015. google scholar
• Reye AL, Hübschen JM, Sausy A, Muller CP (2010). Prevalence and seasonality of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Luxembourg. Appl Environ Microbiol 76: 2923-2931. google scholar
• Socolovschi C, Mediannikov O, Raoult D, Parola P (2009). Update on tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe. Parasite 16: 259-273. google scholar
• Ulu-Kilic A, Doganay M (2014). An overview: tularemia and travel medicine. Travel Med Infect Di 12: 609-616. google scholar
• Zellner B, Huntley JF (2019). Ticks and Tularemia: Do We Know What We Don’t Know? Front Cell Infect Microbiol 9: 146. google scholar

Citations