Waterborne outbreak of tularemia associated with crayfish fishing.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Anda, P. ; Segura del Pozo, J. ; Díaz García, J. M. ; Escudero, R. ; García Peña, F. J. ; López Velasco, M. C. ; Sellek, R. E. ; Jiménez Chillarón, M. R. ; Sánchez Serrano, L. P. ; Martínez Navarro, J. F.
• Description:
  In 1997, an outbreak of human tularemia associated with hare-hunting in central Spain affected 585 patients. We describe the identification of Francisella tularensis biovar palaearctica in a second outbreak of ulceroglandular tularemia associated with crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) fishing in a contaminated freshwater stream distant from the hare-associated outbreak. The second outbreak occurred 1 year after the first.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Astacoidea Base Sequence Case-Control Studies Disease Outbreaks Dna, Ribosomal Francisella Tularensis Fresh Water Genes, Rrna Humans Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Risk Factors Rna, Ribosomal, 16S Sequence Analysis, Dna Sports Tularemia

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(3 Suppl):575-582.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2071c1f04d7026a6418136bd246d34fb6da9c368d697e7bad149374687ac7cef
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15169/cdc_15169_DS1.pdf
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