Species: Squirrels

Disease general

No diseases found.

Research results

• Toxoplasmosis in red squirrels, an update (01/12/2016)
• Toxoplasmosis in red squirrels; keep reporting dead red squirrels to the DWHC (02/04/2016)
• Red squirrels dying from toxoplasmosis (11/10/2015)
• Death in squirrels difficult to explain (25/09/2014)

General news

No news found.

Publications

• Lack of evidence for the presence of leprosy bacilli in red squirrels from north-west Europe. Tió-Coma M, H. Sprong, M. Kik, J.T. van Dissel, X-Y. Han, T. Pieters & A. Geluk (epub 2019). Transbound Emerg Dis.  2020; 67, p. 1032-1034. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13423
• Prosthetic valve endocarditis with Bartonella washoensis in a human European patient and its detection in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Loewenich F. D. von, C. Seckert, E. Dauber, M.J.L. Kik , A. de Vries, H. Sprong, K. Buschmann, M.L. Aardema & M. Brandstetter (epub 2019). J Clin Microbiol., 58(1). pii: e01404-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01404-19.
• Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild red squirrels, the Netherlands, 2014 [letter]. Kik M, IJzer J, Opsteegh M, Montizaan M, Dijkstra V, et al.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Dec. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.141711