Waterborne outbreak of tularemia associated with crayfish fishing

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001;7(3 Suppl):575-82. doi: 10.3201/eid0707.010740.

Abstract

In 1997, an outbreak of human tularemia associated with hare-hunting in central Spain affected 585 patients. We describe the identification of Francisella tularensis biovar palaearctica in a second outbreak of ulceroglandular tularemia associated with crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) fishing in a contaminated freshwater stream distant from the hare-associated outbreak. The second outbreak occurred 1 year after the first.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Astacoidea / microbiology*
  • Base Sequence
  • Case-Control Studies
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Francisella tularensis / classification
  • Francisella tularensis / isolation & purification*
  • Fresh Water / microbiology*
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Risk Factors
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sports
  • Tularemia / diagnosis
  • Tularemia / epidemiology*
  • Tularemia / microbiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF227312
  • GENBANK/AF227313
  • GENBANK/AF227314