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. 2015 Dec 4;64(47):1317-8.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6447a4.

Notes from the Field: Increase in Human Cases of Tularemia--Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, January-September 2015

Caitlin Pedati, Jennifer House, Jessica Hancock-Allen, Leah Colton, Katie Bryan, Dustin Ortbahn, Lon Kightlinger, Kiersten Kugeler, Jeannine Petersen, Paul Mead, Tom Safranek, Bryan Buss
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Notes from the Field: Increase in Human Cases of Tularemia--Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, January-September 2015

Caitlin Pedati et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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  • Erratum: Vol. 64, No. 37.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Jan 8;64(52):1409. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6452a5. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016. PMID: 26741723 No abstract available.

Abstract

Tularemia is a rare, often serious disease caused by a gram-negative coccobacillus, Francisella tularensis, which infects humans and animals in the Northern Hemisphere. Approximately 125 cases have been reported annually in the United States during the last two decades. As of September 30, a total of 100 tularemia cases were reported in 2015 among residents of Colorado (n = 43), Nebraska (n = 21), South Dakota (n = 20), and Wyoming (n = 16) (Figure). This represents a substantial increase in the annual mean number of four (975% increase), seven (200%), seven (186%) and two (70%) cases, respectively, reported in each state during 2004-2014.

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    Femling JK, Baca JT. Femling JK, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Jul;68(1):118-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.03.045. Ann Emerg Med. 2016. PMID: 27343640 No abstract available.

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