Brief Report: Tularemia Associated With a Hamster Bite—Colorado, 2004.

Presents news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Brief report on Tularemia associated with a hamster bite in Colorado in 2004; Warning that health care providers need to know that pet hamsters may be a source of tularemia; Case of a three year old boy in contact with six animals from a pet store each of whom died of "wet tail disease" within a week of purchase; Testing of two cats in the pet store who also tested positive.