Tularemia

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Antibodies

Deer ticks

Tick imbedded in the skin

Ticks

Deerfly fever; Rabbit fever, Pahvant Valley plague, Ohara disease, yatobyo (Japan), Lemming fever

A vaccine is recommended for people at high risk (trappers, hunters, and laboratory workers who work with the organism).

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Cronquist SD. Tularemia: the disease and the weapon. Dermatol Clin. 2004; 22(3): 313-20, vi-vii.

Long SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2003:917.

Cohen J, Powderly WG. Infectious Diseases. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2004:1649-1653.

Review Date: 01/29/2007
Reviewed By: D. Scott Smith, M.D., MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City, CA & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stanford University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.