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. 2006 Apr;12(4):678-80.
doi: 10.3201/eid1204.050709.

Tularemia outbreak, Bulgaria, 1997-2005

Todor Kantardjiev  1 , Ivan Ivanov, Tzvetan Velinov, Plamen Padeshki, Boris Popov, Roumiana Nenova, Milcho Mincheff
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Tularemia outbreak, Bulgaria, 1997-2005

Todor Kantardjiev et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

The 1997-2005 tularemia outbreak in Bulgaria affected 285 people. Ten strains were isolated from humans, a tick, a hare, and water. Amplified fragment length polymorphism typing of the present isolates and of the strain isolated in 1962 suggests that a new genetic variant caused the outbreak.

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Figure 1
The outbreak areas, Bulgaria, 1962 and 1997–2005.
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Figure 2
Amplified fragment length polymorphism dendrogram.
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