Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)


A disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans from rodents through a deer fly’s or other bloodsucking insects’ bite, an infected animal’s bite, or handling an infected animal carcass. Symptoms, similar to those of undulant fever and plague, consist of a prolonged intermittent or remittent fever and often swelling and suppuration of the lymph nodes draining the infection site; rabbits are an important reservoir host.
A bacterial disease common in rodents that is spread by fleas and ticks. It can infect humans, causing fever, enlarged lymph glands, depression and loss of weight. The Russians created Schu-4, a weapons grade strain of tulaermia.
A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals