Newly emerging ulceroglandular tularaemia in Western Austria

Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Jul;9(5):1331-1333. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.06.003. Epub 2018 Jun 6.

Abstract

Tularaemia is a rare zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis in humans. In Europe infections of humans and animals are mainly caused by F. tularensis subspecies holarctica. We report the first three documented cases of tularaemia in humans in Western Austria.

Keywords: Austria; F. tularensis; Tick-borne disease; Tularaemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arachnid Vectors / microbiology
  • Austria / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
  • Disease Reservoirs / microbiology
  • Female
  • Francisella tularensis / drug effects
  • Francisella tularensis / immunology
  • Francisella tularensis / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tick Bites / epidemiology
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / epidemiology
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / microbiology*
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / transmission
  • Tularemia / diagnosis
  • Tularemia / drug therapy
  • Tularemia / epidemiology*
  • Tularemia / transmission
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology*
  • Zoonoses / microbiology
  • Zoonoses / transmission

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents