Tularemia in Alaska, 1938 - 2010
Tularemia is a serious, potentially life threatening zoonotic disease. The causative agent, Francisella tularensis, is ubiquitous in the Northern hemisphere, including Alaska, where it was first isolated from a rabbit tick (Haemophysalis leporis-palustris) in 1938. Since then, F. tularensis has been...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3231942/ |