Species: Squirrels
Disease general
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)
Overige berichten
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Publications
- Drivers of infection with Toxoplasma gondii genotype type II in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Sara R. Wijburg, Margriet G. E. Montizaan, Marja J. L. Kik, Maike Joeres, Garance Cardron, Christine Luttermann, Miriam Maas, Pavlo Maksimov, Marieke Opsteegh & Gereon Schares (2024). Parasites & Vectors, 17 (30). https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-023-06068-6
- 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
