Tularemia among Free-Ranging Mice without Infection of Exposed Humans, Switzerland, 2012.

The article presents a study on the natural tularemia epizootic among house mice in Switzerland in 2012. The disease which is caused by Francisella tularensis is manifested in multiple foci of necrosis in spleen, liver and lung with severe vascular inflammatory infiltration and necrosis. The study finds no human infection despite exposure of researchers which suggests that shedding urine and feces of mice might prevent the transmission of the disease.