Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control114856782631832Research ArticleWaterborne outbreak of tularemia associated with crayfish fishing.AndaP.panda@isciii.esSegura del PozoJ.Díaz GarcíaJ. M.EscuderoR.García PeñaF. J.López VelascoM. C.SellekR. E.Jiménez ChillarónM. R.Sánchez SerranoL. P.Martínez NavarroJ. F.Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.200173 Suppl575582

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.