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Tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. [4] Symptoms may include fever, skin ulcers, and enlarged lymph nodes. [3] Occasionally, a form that results in pneumonia or a throat infection may occur. [3]
Rabbits, hares, and rodents are especially susceptible and often die in large numbers during outbreaks. People can become infected in several ways, including: In addition, people could be exposed as a result of bioterrorism. Symptoms vary depending how the person was infected.
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease, which means it spreads between animals and humans. Commonly called “rabbit fever” or “deer fly fever,” people get tularemia from exposure to deer flies and ticks that have F. tularensis infections.
Tularemia is a rare infectious disease that can attack your skin, lungs, eyes, and lymph nodes. Sometimes it’s called rabbit fever or deer fly fever. It’s caused by a bacteria called...
All forms are accompanied by fever, which can be as high as 104 °F. Ulceroglandular This is the most common form of tularemia and usually occurs following a tick or deer fly bite or after handing of an infected animal. A skin ulcer appears at the site where the bacteria entered the body.
Tularemia (rabbit fever) is an infection caused by the Francisella tularensis bacteria. Symptoms include fever, headache, and rash. Read about diagnosis, treatment, and its possible use in bioterrorism.
Tularemia is infection that is caused by the gram-negative bacteria Francisella tularensis, which is acquired when people have direct contact with infected wild animals, usually rabbits, or are bitten by an infected tick, deer fly, or flea.
Initial nonspecific symptoms — Tularemia usually has an abrupt or rapid onset of nonspecific systemic symptoms, including fever, chills, anorexia, and malaise, which occur approximately three to five days (range 1 to 21 days) following exposure. Classically, the fever may abate after a few days but then quickly return.
Tularemia is a disease primarily of animals; human infections are rare. It occurs naturally in many types of wildlife but especially in hares, rabbits, and rodents. In the United States the cottontail (Sylvilagus) is an important source of human infection, but other mammals, birds, and insects also spread the disease.
Tularemia (also known as rabbit fever) is caused by oval-shaped bacteria (coccobacilli) called Francisella tularensis. F. tularensis is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks, deer flies, contact with infected animals or infected carcasses, inhalation of air-borne bacteria, and ingestion of infected food or water.