Table 2.

Ratio of tularemia cases described in the literature and reported by ISTAT, by year and geographical area in Italy

Reference	Years	Region	No. of cases (literature review)	No. of cases (ISTAT)	Ratio
Bianchi [17]	1962–1964	Lombardy	6	—	—
Senaldi et al. [20]	1979–1981	Lombardy	11	2	5·5
Tasselli et al. [21]	1982–1987	Tuscany	328	198	1·7
Mignani et al. [31]	1987–1988	Liguria	61	6	10·2
Castro et al. [28]	1987–1997	Tuscany	134	118	1·1
Fabbi et al. [7]	2007–2008	Tuscany	44	41	1·1
Total			584	365	1·6

ISTAT, National Institute of Statistics