This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/TBED.13925 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DR. KAROL RACKA (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-5499-8326) Article type : Rapid Communication Fatal toxoplasmosis in wild European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in tularemia endemic areas of the Czech Republic: poses risk of infection for humans? Running title: Toxoplasmosis in brown hares: risk for humans? Karol Račka a , Eva Bártová b , Jana Juránková c , Azra Hamidović d , Ivana Kucharovičová e , Bronislav Šimek f , Alica Kočišová a a Department of Epizootology and Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 04181 Košice, Slovakia b Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého tř. 1946/1 Brno 61242, Czech Republic c Department of Pathological Morphology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého tř. 1946/1 Brno 61242, Czech Republic d INSERM U1094, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, IRD, U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France e Department of Bacteriology, State Veterinary Institute Jihlava, Rantířovská 93, Jihlava 586 01, Czech Republic f Department of Virology and Serology, State Veterinary Institute Jihlava, Rantířovská 93, Jihlava 586 01, Czech Republic Corresponding author: Karol Račka, DVM Accepted Article