1. Tularemia outbreak investigations: A review.
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Özgüler, Z.Ö. and Silva Aycaguer, L.C.
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TULAREMIA , *AIRBORNE infection , *FRANCISELLA tularensis , *INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine) - Abstract
B Methods and materials: b Two searchers were conducted using: «tularemia outbreak» and «francisella tularensis outbreak» in title and/or abstract using PubMed database for articles that had been published until 01.10.2018. B Background: b Tularemia is a highly contagious, multi-systemic zoonotic disease caused by francisella tularensis that can give rise to outbreaks. Tularemia outbreaks can occur via several transmission ways; evidence shows that even though a certain group, for example one family, is infected with the same source, individuals can develop different forms of the disease according to the port of entry. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2020
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