Species: Squirrels

Disease general

No diseases found.

Research results

General news

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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