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. 2001;7(3 Suppl):575–582. doi: 10.3201/eid0707.010740

Waterborne outbreak of tularemia associated with crayfish fishing.

P Anda 1, J Segura del Pozo 1, J M Díaz García 1, R Escudero 1, F J García Peña 1, M C López Velasco 1, R E Sellek 1, M R Jiménez Chillarón 1, L P Sánchez Serrano 1, J F Martínez Navarro 1
PMCID: PMC2631832  PMID: 11485678

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.

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