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2 SELECTED ZOONOTIC PATHOGENS WITH EUROPEAN WILDLIFE RESERVOIRS/HOSTS

Pathogen Primary wildlife host Clinical disease in European wildlife? Human disease acquired from European wildlife?
VIRAL PATHOGENS
Avian influenza viruses waterbirds yes ?
Lyssavirus, rabies viruses fox, raccoon dog yes yes — rare
European bat lyssa virus Myotis spp.
bats
yes yes — rare
West Nile virus partridge, magpie, raptors yes yes
Louping ill virus red grouse yes grouse yes — rare, via anthropods
Tick-borne encephalitis virus small mammals no-reservoir hosts yes — via arthropod vectors
Hantavirus bank vole and other rodents no yes
Hepatitis E virus wild boar no? not known
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis rodents not reported not known
Ljungan virus rodents no? not confirmed
Borna virus mammalian and avian species yes not confirmed
Sindbis virus migratory birds no yes

BACTERIAL and FUNGAL PATHOGENS

Mycobacterium bovis badger, wild boar, deer yes not known
Paratuberculosis (M.
a.
deer, rabbits yes not proven
paratuberculosis')
Yersinia pestis rodents yes yes — now very rare
Yersinia species (yersiniosis) rodents, lagomorphs yes probably
Francisella tularensis rodents, lagomorphs yes yes
Pasteurella spp. lagomorphs, many other species yes yes
Brucella spp. boar, hares, ruminants yes yes — rare
Marine brucellosis seals and cetaceans cetaceans not known
Anthrax (B. anthracis) no animal reservoir deer no
Chlamydial Chlamydophila spp. pigeons, other avian species yes yes
Borrelia sp. range of wild species no yes
Rickettsiales, Anaplasma range of wild species yes yes

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Pathogen Primary wildlife host Clinical disease in European wildlife? Human disease acquired from European wildlife?
M.
phocicerebrale
seals probable yes
E. coli wide range of wild species yes + reservoir hosts yes (e.g. 0157 in rabbits)
Salmonella spp. passerines and others yes probably
Campylobacter spp. passerines and others yes yes
Leptospira spp. wide range of wild species yes yes
Coxiella burnettii ungulates, rabbits, other species not known unconfirmed
Listeria spp. wide range of wild species yes contamination of food
Staphylococcus spp. wide range of wild species yes unconfirmed
Streptococcus spp. wide range of wild species yes unconfirmed
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae wild boar yes probable
Trychophyton mentagrophytes hedgehog yes yes

Notes

1. The table gives a selection of zoonotic pathogens present in European wildlife that present a health risk for humans.

2. Those selected are the more endemic (present in a predictable pattern) pathogens found in Europe. Many more exotic and sporadically occurring zoonotic pathogens are included in the text.

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Source: Gavier-Widen D., Meredith A., Duff Paul J. (eds.). Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals and Birds in Europe. London: Wiley-Blackwell,2012. — 568 p.. 2012
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