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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.
Francisella tularensis is a pathogenic species of Gram-negative coccobacillus, an aerobic bacterium. [1] It is nonspore-forming, nonmotile, [2] and the causative agent of tularemia, the pneumonic form of which is often lethal without treatment.
Tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, is a bacterial infection caused by Francisella tularensis, which can be transmitted through arthropod bites, infected animals or ingesting contaminated ...
Tularemia, a disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis and commonly transmitted by a tick, deerfly and/or handling the body of a sick or dead infected animal. It may also be ...
The type species, F. tularensis, causes the disease tularemia or rabbit fever. [7] F. novicida and F. philomiragia (previously Yersinia philomiragia) are associated with sepsis and invasive systemic infections. Francisella has been detected in ticks [8]
According to author Philip Norrie (How Disease Affected the End of the Bronze Age), there are three diseases most likely to have caused a post-Bronze Age societal collapse: smallpox, bubonic plague, and tularemia. The tularemia plague which struck the Hittites could have been spread by insects or infected dirt or plants, through open wounds, or ...
Causes psittacosis. Coxiella burnetii Causes Q fever. Francisella tularensis Causes tularemia. Legionella pneumophila Causes a severe form of pneumonia with a relatively high mortality rate, known as legionellosis or Legionnaires' disease. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Tularemia, also known as "rabbit fever" caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, is a zoonotic disease that can affect various species, including cats. Cats typically contract tularemia through interactions with infected wildlife, including prey such as rabbits and rodents, or via vectors like ticks and insect bites. [73]