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- Title
Three Cases of Tickborne Francisella tularensis Infection, Austria, 2022.
- Authors
Heger, Florian; Schindler, Stefanie; Pleininger, Sonja; Fueszl, Astrid; Blaschitz, Marion; Lippert, Kathrin; Hyden, Patrick; Hufnagl, Peter; Mutschlechner, David; Gremmel, Thomas; Hofer, Erwin; Markowicz, Mateusz; Indra, Alexander
- Abstract
Tularemia is increasing in Austria. We report Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica isolated from 3 patients who had been bitten by arthropods. Next-generation sequencing showed substantial isolate similarity. Clinicians should consider bloodstream F. tularensis infections for patients with signs/symptoms of ulceroglandular tularemia, and surveillance of potential vectors should be intensified.
- Subjects
AUSTRIA; TULAREMIA; FRANCISELLA tularensis; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 11, p2349
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2911.230460