1. Waterborne Outbreak of Tularemia Associated with Crayfish Fishing.
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Anda, Pedro, Escudero, Raquel, Sellek, Ricela E., Sanchez Serrano, Luisa P., Navarro, J. Fernando Martinez, del Pozo, Javier Segura, Garcia, Jose Maria Diaz, Velasco, M. Carmen Lopez, Chillaron, M. Rosario Jimenez, and Pena, F. Javier Garcia
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TULAREMIA ,DISEASE outbreaks ,CRAYFISH ,FRANCISELLA tularensis - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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