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Case Reports
. 2024 Oct;30(10):2188-2190.
doi: 10.3201/eid3010.240479.

Investigation of a Human Case of Francisella tularensis Infection, United Kingdom, 2023

Ameeka Thompson, Tim Brooks, Catherine Houlihan, Tommy Rampling, Helen Umpleby, Kayleigh Hansford, Jolyon Medlock, Alexander Vaux, Julie Logan, Andrew Frost, Sue Neale, Stephen Wyllie, Kirsty Dodgson, Dominic Haigh, Isra Halim, Raqib Huq, Michael Riste, N Claire Gordon
Case Reports

Investigation of a Human Case of Francisella tularensis Infection, United Kingdom, 2023

Ameeka Thompson et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

Tularemia, caused by Francisella tularensis, is not known to occur in the United Kingdom. We report a case of tularemia diagnosed in July 2023 in a UK patient with no travel in the 6 weeks before symptom onset. We describe the subsequent multiagency investigation into possible routes of acquisition.

Keywords: Francisella tularensis; United Kingdom; bacteria; bacterial zoonoses; tularemia; zoonoses.

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