Tularemia (Rabbit Fever, Deer-fly Fever)
Tularemia is an infectious bacterial disease (Francisella tularensis). Tularemia is usually a disease of wild animals, but severe illness and death may also occur in humans.
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Tularemia is an infection common in wild rodents. It is transmitted to humans by contact with infected animal tissues or by ticks, biting flies, and mosquitoes.
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Alternate Names : Deerfly fever, Rabbit fever, Pahvant Valley plague, Ohara disease, Yatobyo (Japan), Lemming fever
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What is tularemia?
Tularemia is an infection caused by the Gram-negative bacteria Francisella tularensis. The organism is named after Edward Francis who, while in Tulare County, Calif.
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(tlr´m) or rabbit fever, acute, infectious disease caused by Francisella tularensis (Pasteurella tularensis). The greatest incidence is among people who handle infected wild rabbits.
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Tularemia is a disease caused by the Francisella tularensis bacterium. You may also hear this illness referred to as 'rabbit fever,' in a reference to one of its primary carriers in the wild.
Tularemia test; Serology for Francisella tularensis
Definition of Serology for tularemia:
This blood test looks for antibodies against Francisella tularensis, the bacteria that causes the disease tularemia.
Tularemia is caused by the bacterium, Francisella tularensis. Transmission of this infection is usually from the bite of wild or domesticated animals as well as ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes that are infected with this organism.
Tularemia is a disease of animals and humans caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Rabbits, hares, and rodents are especially susceptible and often die in large numbers during outbreaks.
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The causative agent of tularemia is Francisella tularensis, considered one of the most infectious pathogenic bacteria known.
Tularemia is most prevalent in the south-central states, Montana, and South Dakota. After a tick bite, the incubation period is 3-5 days and is followed by sudden fever, headache, and flulike symptoms.
Tularemia is an infection caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. It is transmitted from wild animals to humans by direct contact with infected animal tissues or through an insect bite, such as that from a tick or deer fly.
Tularemia, rabbit fever, or tick fever
Tularemia is primarily an infection in animals such as rabbits, beaver, sheep, voles, squirrels, and muskrats. It is caused by bacterial infection.
Tularemia is a rare bacterial infection that can be deadly. Governments have studied its use as a germ-warfare weapon. As a weapon, it would be released in the air.
Tularemia has declined in frequency in the US, probably because wild rabbits are no longer available in markets and also because of increased awareness among hunters of the risks posed by sick rabbits.
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Tularemia can be spread by deer fly bites, the bubonic plague by fleas, and the epidemic typhus rickettsia by lice.
Various mosquitoes spread viral diseases (such as equine encephalitis; dengue and yellow fever in humans and other animals).
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Brucellosis, Malta Fever, Mediterranean Fever, Neapolitan Fever, Undulant Fever. [Stedman 1918].
Tularemia is caused by bacteria that spread to humans by the bite of a tick, fly, or mosquito, or from contact with infected animals, such as rabbits or deer.
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SYMPTOMS"The first indication is a local ulceration at the infection site. About 1-7 days after infection occurs, chills, headache, prostration, and general pains suddenly begin.
Definition Tularemia is an illness caused by a bacterium. It results in fever, rash, and greatly enlarged lymph nodes. Description Tularemia infects a variety of wild animals, including rabbits, deer, squirrels, muskrat, and beaver.
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Ticks can also transmit tularemia (a plague-like disease in rodents that can be transmitted to man), relapsing fever, and a newly identified ailment called ehrlichiosis (an abrupt illness consisting of fever, rash, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss).
Some parasitic forms affect humans and other mammals, causing damage by their feeding, and can even be vectors of diseases such as scrub typhus, rickettsialpox, Lyme disease, Q fever, Colorado tick fever, tularemia, tick-borne relapsing fever, ...
In a bioterror attack, bacteria or viruses causing diseases such as anthrax, pneumonic plague, smallpox, or tularemia could be released in an aerosol form. Anyone who inhaled the substance could be affected.
Relative bradycardia occurs in salmonellosis (typhoid fever), meningitis with increased intracranial pressure, mycoplasma and legionella pneumonia, factitious fever, tularemia, brucellosis, mumps, hepatitis, and with concomitant beta blockers.
Francisella tularensis (Bacterium tularense McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofe'ev 1947 (tularemia)
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Other conditions that may be confused with this disease are staphylococcal skin infections, tularemia, plague.
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Although only certain rodent species are known to carry hantavirus, it's best to minimize contact with all rodents, as others may carry pathogens that cause illnesses such as tularemia and hemorrhagic fever.
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Travel, particularly to countries with a high incidence of tropical diseases, can trigger similar symptoms.
Other infections that cause swollen glands include cat scratch fever, Lyme or other tick-borne disease, HIV, tularemia, tuberculosis, ...
A history of occupational exposure to animals may suggest unusual but potentially severe forms of pneumonia, such as hantavirus (rodent droppings), plague (rodents), tularemia (rabbits), Q fever, or psittacosis (pet birds).
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