Waterborne Outbreak of Tularemia Associated with Crayfish Fishing
Open Access
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 7 (7) , 575-582
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0707.017740
Abstract
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.Keywords
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