Francisella Tularensis Subspecies Holarctica, Tasmania, Australia, 2011

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2012 Aug 31

PMID 22931809

Citations 25

Authors

Justin Jackson

Alistair McGregor

Louise Cooley

Jimmy Ng

Mitchell Brown

Chong Wei Ong

Catharine Darcy

Vitali Sintchenko

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Abstract

We report a case of ulceroglandular tularemia that developed in a woman after she was bitten by a ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in a forest in Tasmania, Australia. Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica was identified. This case indicates the emergence of F. tularensis type B in the Southern Hemisphere.

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