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. 2019 Oct;24(42):1900603.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.42.1900603.

Large outbreak of tularaemia, central Sweden, July to September 2019

Rikard Dryselius  1 , Marika Hjertqvist  1 , Signar Mäkitalo  2 , Anders Lindblom  3 , Tobias Lilja  4 , Disa Eklöf  4 , Anders Lindström  4
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Large outbreak of tularaemia, central Sweden, July to September 2019

Rikard Dryselius et al. Euro Surveill. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

On 31 of July 2019, the Public Health Agency of Sweden was alerted about an increasing number of tularaemia cases in Gävleborg, a county in central Sweden. The number of cases increased thereafter peaking at about 150 reports of illnesses every week. As at 6 October, a total of 979 cases (734 laboratory-confirmed) have been reported, mainly from counties in central Sweden. The outbreak is now considered over (as at 14 October).

Keywords: Francisella tularensis; Sweden; mosquito bites; outbreak; tularaemia; vector borne disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Number of reported tularaemia cases per week, Sweden, 2019 and as an average between 2000–2018
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Figure 2
Age and sex distribution of tularaemia cases (A) 1 January–6 October 2019 (n = 979) and (B) aggregated data from the same period in 2000–2018 (n = 4,422), Sweden
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Figure 3
Number of tularaemia cases by municipality, Sweden, 1 January–6 October 2019
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Figure 4
Number of dead hares with tularaemia submitted to the Swedish National Veterinary Institute, Sweden, 2007–2019 (n = 157)
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