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Toxigenic and zoonotic Corynebacterium ulcerans emerges from widespread hedgehog disease

An Martel, Filip Boyen, Jörg Rau, Tobias Eisenberg, Andreas Sing, Anja Berger, Koen Chiers, Sarah Van Praet, Serge Verbanck, Muriel Vervaeke, Frank Pasmans
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.17.208827
An Martel
1Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Filip Boyen
1Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Jörg Rau
2Chemical and Veterinary Analysis Agency Stuttgart, Fellbach, Germany
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Tobias Eisenberg
3Hessian State Laboratory, Giessen, Germany
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Andreas Sing
4Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL), Oberschleißheim, Germany
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Anja Berger
4Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL), Oberschleißheim, Germany
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Koen Chiers
1Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Sarah Van Praet
1Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Serge Verbanck
1Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Muriel Vervaeke
5Agency for Nature and Forests, Belgium
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Frank Pasmans
1Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Abstract

Toxin-producing Corynebacterium ulcerans, causing diphtheria in humans, were isolated from 53 diseased hedgehogs during spring 2020 in Belgium. Isolates showed low levels of acquired antimicrobial resistance. Pronounced strain diversity suggests emergence from an endemic situation. These findings stress the need for raising public awareness and improved wildlife disease surveillance.

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Toxigenic and zoonotic Corynebacterium ulcerans emerges from widespread hedgehog disease
An Martel, Filip Boyen, Jörg Rau, Tobias Eisenberg, Andreas Sing, Anja Berger, Koen Chiers, Sarah Van Praet, Serge Verbanck, Muriel Vervaeke, Frank Pasmans
bioRxiv 2020.07.17.208827; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.17.208827
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Toxigenic and zoonotic Corynebacterium ulcerans emerges from widespread hedgehog disease
An Martel, Filip Boyen, Jörg Rau, Tobias Eisenberg, Andreas Sing, Anja Berger, Koen Chiers, Sarah Van Praet, Serge Verbanck, Muriel Vervaeke, Frank Pasmans
bioRxiv 2020.07.17.208827; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.17.208827

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