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[Zoonoses in working- and wild animals and their significance in Germany. An overview]
F J Conraths1, L Geue, M H Groschup
1Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere, Wusterhausen. conraths@wus.bfav.de
Abstract:
The control of infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans (zoonoses) was recently put on a new basis in the European Union when a new Zoonoses Directive entered into force. Brucellosis, campylobacteriosis, echinococcosis, listeriosis, salmonellosis, trichinosis, and the respective causative agents, tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis, and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli must be included in monitoring. Additional zoonoses and zoonotic agents are to be monitored according to the epidemiological situation. Against this background, the current knowledge on important zoonoses transmitted from livestock and some wildlife animals to humans as well as the epidemiological situation in Germany with regard to these diseases is summarized.
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