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== Definition/Description == | == Definition/Description == | ||
Tularemia, named after the infectious gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis, is a zoonotic disease. A zoonotic disease is one that is spread from animal to human. This spread may be directly i.e. handling contaminated meat or through a carrier i.e. a tick. It is also known as “Ohara’s disease”, “rabbit fever”, “deer-fly fever”,<ref name="A">Wilson M, Lountzis N, Ferringer T. Zoonoses of dermatologic interest. Dermatologic Therapy. 2009;22:367-378. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01248.x/abstract. Accessed February 2011.</ref> “market’s men disease”, “meat-cutter’s disease”, “glandular type of tick fever”, “water rat-trappers’ disease”. It is highly infectious, <10 organisms causing severe disease in both humans and animals.<ref name="F" /> There are 4 sub-types of the bacterium, the most common in the United States are Type A, tularenis, and Type B, holarctica. It is on the Center for Disease Control’s list of bioterroism threats. | |||
== Prevalence == | == Prevalence == | ||
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Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Tularemia, named after the infectious gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis, is a zoonotic disease. A zoonotic disease is one that is spread from animal to human. This spread may be directly i.e. handling contaminated meat or through a carrier i.e. a tick. It is also known as “Ohara’s disease”, “rabbit fever”, “deer-fly fever”,[1] “market’s men disease”, “meat-cutter’s disease”, “glandular type of tick fever”, “water rat-trappers’ disease”. It is highly infectious, <10 organisms causing severe disease in both humans and animals.[2] There are 4 sub-types of the bacterium, the most common in the United States are Type A, tularenis, and Type B, holarctica. It is on the Center for Disease Control’s list of bioterroism threats.
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- ↑ Wilson M, Lountzis N, Ferringer T. Zoonoses of dermatologic interest. Dermatologic Therapy. 2009;22:367-378. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01248.x/abstract. Accessed February 2011.
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