15 years overview of European zoonotic surveys in wild boar and red deer: A systematic review

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) are the main large game species hunted in Europe. They can also be a source of zoonotic infections for cohabiting humans. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the spatiotemporal tendencies and sanitary profiles of surveys on zoonotic diseases of wild boars and red deer in Europe in 15 years (2006–2020). Through the search strategy “((sus scrofa OR wild boar OR cervus elaphus OR red deer) AND (zoonosis OR zoonot* OR infectious disease))” in Pubmed and ScienceDirect databases, 1419 articles were assessed in February of 2021. Pursuing the inclusion criteria: species of interest – wild boar and red deer, established zoonosis and presence of natural infection and the exclusion filters: European study, specified a timeline (2006–2020), printed in English and with open-access. To conduct this systematic review, 194 European surveys issued in indexed journals were included after revising all abstracts and eliminating 323 unrepeated articles.