Tularemia
"Tularemia is a highly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Infections in humans are not contagious and most often result from contact with infected wildlife, ingestion of or contact with contaminated water, or bites from ticks and other arthropods that have fed on...
| Main Author: | Friend, Milton. |
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| Other Authors: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Reston, Va. :
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey,
2006.
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 67 pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Series: |
U.S. Geological Survey circular ;
1297. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS97384 |
| Summary: |
"Tularemia is a highly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Infections in humans are not contagious and most often result from contact with infected wildlife, ingestion of or contact with contaminated water, or bites from ticks and other arthropods that have fed on infected wildlife. Aerosol transmission is another way humans can become infected. Disease is expressed in different clinical forms, and varies in severity depending on the virulence of the organism, dose, and site of inoculum. Tularemia has a broad geographic distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and is more restricted elsewhere. A wide variety of species have been naturally infected by F. tularensis; the number of species reported to be susceptible to infection exceeds 300, according to a recent report, which does not include some of the cold-blooded species such as fish and snakes reported by others."--Overview. |
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| Item Description: |
System requirements: PDF reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web from the USGS web site. Address as of 7/17/08: http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/tularemia/; current access available via PURL. Title from Web page (viewed on Sept. 28, 2007). GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-61). "Tularemia is a highly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Infections in humans are not contagious and most often result from contact with infected wildlife, ingestion of or contact with contaminated water, or bites from ticks and other arthropods that have fed on infected wildlife. Aerosol transmission is another way humans can become infected. Disease is expressed in different clinical forms, and varies in severity depending on the virulence of the organism, dose, and site of inoculum. Tularemia has a broad geographic distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and is more restricted elsewhere. A wide variety of species have been naturally infected by F. tularensis; the number of species reported to be susceptible to infection exceeds 300, according to a recent report, which does not include some of the cold-blooded species such as fish and snakes reported by others."--Overview. |
| Physical Description: |
xi, 67 pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Format: |
System requirements: PDF reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web from the USGS web site. Address as of 7/17/08: http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/tularemia/; current access available via PURL. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-61). |
| ISBN: |
1411310454 9781411310452 |