MOLECULAR INVESTIGATION OF VECTOR-BORNE PATHOGENS IN RED FOXES (VULPES VULPES) FROM SOUTHERN FRANCE

• Published in: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
• Main Authors: Medkour, Hacene, Laidoudi, Younes, Marie, Jean-Lou, Fenollar, Florence, Davoust, Bernard, Mediannikov, Oleg
• Other Authors: Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections (MEPHI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), Direction Régionale du Service de Santé des Armées (DRSSA - Toulon), Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Rhone; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03149700; https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-09-234

Because of their free-ranging nature, the probability of wild animals being exposed to vector-borne pathogens is likely higher than that of humans and pets. Recently, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has been suspected as being a reservoir or host of several pathogens of veterinary and public health impo...