1. Three Cases of Tickborne Francisella tularensis Infection, Austria, 2022.
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Heger, Florian, Schindler, Stefanie, Pleininger, Sonja, Fueszl, Astrid, Blaschitz, Marion, Lippert, Kathrin, Hyden, Patrick, Hufnagl, Peter, Mutschlechner, David, Gremmel, Thomas, Hofer, Erwin, Markowicz, Mateusz, and Indra, Alexander
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TULAREMIA , *FRANCISELLA tularensis , *NUCLEOTIDE sequencing - Abstract
Tularemia is increasing in Austria. We report Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica isolated from 3 patients who had been bitten by arthropods. Next-generation sequencing showed substantial isolate similarity. Clinicians should consider bloodstream F. tularensis infections for patients with signs/symptoms of ulceroglandular tularemia, and surveillance of potential vectors should be intensified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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