TY - JOUR AU - Rodríguez-Pastor, Ruth AU - Escudero, Raquel AU - Vidal, Dolors AU - Mougeot, François AU - Arroyo, Beatriz AU - Lambin, Xavier AU - Vila-Coro, Ave Maria AU - Rodríguez-Moreno, Isabel AU - Anda, Pedro AU - Luque-Larena, Juan T1 - Density-Dependent Prevalence of Francisella tularensis in Fluctuating Vole Populations, Northwestern Spain T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 8 SP - 1377 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Tularemia in humans in northwestern Spain is associated with increases in vole populations. Prevalence of infection with Francisella tularensis in common voles increased to 33% during a vole population fluctuation. This finding confirms that voles are spillover agents for zoonotic outbreaks. Ecologic interactions associated with tularemia prevention should be considered. KW - Francisella tularensis KW - bacteria KW - tularemia KW - density-dependent prevalence KW - voles KW - fluctuation populations KW - zoonoses KW - Spain KW - prevalence KW - fluctuating populations KW - outbreaks KW - wildlife DO - 10.3201/eid2308.161194 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/16-1194_article ER - End of Reference