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2012-07-12Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/1177
Surveillance of tularaemia in Kosovo*, 2001 to 2010
dc.contributor.authorGrunow, Roland
dc.contributor.authorKalaveshi, A.
dc.contributor.authorKühn, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorMulliqi-Osmani, G.
dc.contributor.authorRamadani, N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T15:45:28Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T15:45:28Z
dc.date.created2012-08-03
dc.date.issued2012-07-12none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/reK56h3EGJlY/PDF/22EW5NVFDKNX.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/1252
dc.description.abstractTularaemia, caused by Francisella tularensis, had not been registered in Kosovo* before an outbreak in 1999 and 2000. A national surveillance system has been implemented in Kosovo* since 2000 to monitor a number of diseases, including tularaemia. Antibody detection in human sera was used for laboratory diagnosis of tularaemia and F. tularensis lipopolysaccharide antigen was used as a marker of infection. The purpose of this study is to describe the incidence of tularaemia in Kosovo* after the 1999–00 outbreak. In 2001 and 2002, a second outbreak occurred, with 327 serologically confirmed cases. From 2001 to 2010, 25–327 cases were registered per year, giving a mean annual incidence of 5.2 per 100,000 population. The most likely sources of infection were contaminated drinking water and food. The dominant clinical manifestations were the glandular (79%) and ulcero-glandular (21%) forms. By 2010, the disease had spread throughout Kosovo*. Presumably as a result of war and subsequent environmental disruption, mass population displacement and breakdown of sanitation and hygiene, the two major outbreaks of tularaemia resulted in the establishment of an active endemic area of tularaemia in Kosovo*.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Biologische Sicherheit
dc.subjectAdolescenteng
dc.subjectHumanseng
dc.subjectDisease Outbreakseng
dc.subjectMiddle Agedeng
dc.subjectIncidenceeng
dc.subjectPopulation Surveillanceeng
dc.subjectChildeng
dc.subjectAdulteng
dc.subjectAgedeng
dc.subjectInfanteng
dc.subjectAge Distributioneng
dc.subjectEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assayeng
dc.subjectYoung Adulteng
dc.subjectChild Preschooleng
dc.subjectSex Distributioneng
dc.subjectAged 80 and overeng
dc.subjectInfant Newborneng
dc.subjectBlotting Westerneng
dc.subjectFollow-Up Studieseng
dc.subjectDrinking Water/microbiologyeng
dc.subjectFrancisella tularensis/isolation & purificationeng
dc.subjectTularemia/diagnosiseng
dc.subjectTularemia/epidemiologyeng
dc.subjectTularemia/microbiologyeng
dc.subjectYugoslavia/epidemiologyeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleSurveillance of tularaemia in Kosovo*, 2001 to 2010
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10025977
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1177
local.edoc.container-titleEuroSurveillance
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local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttp://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20217
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local.edoc.container-volume17
local.edoc.container-issue28
local.edoc.container-year2012

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