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
  • Dna, Ribosomal
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Francisella Tularensis
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(3 Suppl):575-582.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15169/cdc_15169_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 498.35 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2071c1f04d7026a6418136bd246d34fb6da9c368d697e7bad149374687ac7cef