Waterborne Outbreak of Tularemia Associated with Crayfish Fishing.

Authors :: 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
Pena, F. Javier Garcia
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. May/Jun2001 Supplement, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p575. 8p. 2 Black and White Photographs, 2 Graphs, 1 Map.
Publication Year :: 2001
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]