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| | Homeland Security: Tularemia Information |
 | | Symptoms of tularemia could include sudden fever, chills, headaches, muscle aches, joint pain, dry cough, progressive weakness, and pneumonia. | | | These symptoms can include ulcers on the skin or mouth, swollen and painful lymph glands, swollen and painful eyes, and a sore throat. | | | Persons with pneumonia can develop chest pain and bloody spit and can have trouble breathing or can sometimes stop breathing. |
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http://www.nationalterroralert.com/readyguide/tularemia.htm
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| | Tularemia, NIAID Fact Sheet, April 2005 |
| | A tularemia vaccine strain is being reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration, but its future availability is uncertain, mainly because of the length of time it takes for the vaccine to work (about 2 weeks). | | | Antibiotics, such as doxycycline or ciprofloxacin, can effectively treat tularemia. | | | Type B probably causes all human tularemia in Europe and Asia. |
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http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/tularemia.htm
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| | eMedicine - Tularemia : Article by Kerry O Cleveland, MD |
| | Pneumonic tularemia: Chest examination findings may be normal in tularemic pneumonia, or rales may be present in the affected lung fields. | | | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | Penn RL, Kinasewitz GT: Factors associated with a poor outcome in tularemia. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2326.htm
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| | Tularemia |
| | Constitutional symptoms of tularemia include abrupt onset of fever, headache, chills, rigors, rhinitis, sore throat, generalized body aches, and low back pain. | | | A dry cough, substernal pain, and chest tightness are common. | | | The most likely clinical presentations of BW tularemia are summarized below (1-3), followed by presentation of naturally occurring tularemia: |
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http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/tularemia.htm
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| | CDC - Tularemia Outbreak Investigation in Kosovo: Case Control and Environmental Studies |
| | A longitudinal ecologic study of a tularemia natural focus in Croatia revealed that the focus was a meadow-field type and that the common vole was a crucial member of the tularemia biocenosis there (19). | | | Interviews with patients and their families did not, however, suggest an outbreak of pleuropneumonic or typhoidal tularemia. | | | Without antimicrobial treatment, tularemia can be acute and fulminant or protracted and debilitating. |
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no1/01-0131.htm
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| | Tularemia |
| | Streptomycin (given as a shot in a muscle) and gentamicin (given as either a shot in a muscle or through a needle in the vein) are both used to treat tularemia. | | | "Tularemia Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia." Archives of Internal Medicine 56, no. 18 (14 Oct. 1996): 2137+. | | | Tularemia is an illness caused by a bacterium. |
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http://www.lifesteps.com/gm/Atoz/ency/tularemia.jsp
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| | CDC Tularemia Emergency Preparedness & Response |
| | Abstract of "Consensus Statement: Tularemia as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management" | | | Diagnosis (from Abstract of "Consensus Statement: Tularemia as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management") | | | Epidemiology (from "Consensus Statement: Tularemia as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management") |
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http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/tularemia
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| | Tularemia (Rabbit Fever) |
| | If you suspect that you have been infected with tularemia, seek care from a medical professional immediately. | | | The disease was first described in Japan in 1837. | | | Diagnosis of tularemia is difficult because symptoms of tularemia are also common in other diseases. |
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http://www.beaglesunlimited.net/rabbithunting_tularemia.htm
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| | CIDRAP >> Tularemia: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, ... |
| | In the event of a bioterrorist attack, use of F tularensis strains with enhanced virulence or antimicrobial resistance is of concern; therefore, past experience may not be a valuable predictor of disease severity under such circumstances. | | | This has resulted in some confusion in the medical literature. | | | Ciprofloxacin has recently been shown to be an effective therapy for tularemia in children (see References: Johansson 2000: Ciprofloxacin for treatment of tularemia in children; Johansson 2002). |
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/tularemia/biofacts/tularemiafactsheet.html
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| | Tularemia Fact Sheet |
| | The usual symptoms of tularemia are fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, chest pain, and coughing. | | | Antibiotics such as streptomycin and gentamicin are used to treat tularemia. | | | Tularemia is an illness caused by a bacteria, Francisella tularensis, which can affect both animals and humans. |
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http://health.utah.gov/els/epidemiology/epifacts/tularem.html
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| | NGC - NGC Summary |
| | There is scant experience in treating tularemia in immunocompromised patients. | | | Very limited experiences in treating tularemia patients with beta-lactam and macrolide antibiotics have been reported, and treatment failures have occurred. | | | Suspicion of tularemia might be triggered in alert clinicians encountering patients with findings of atypical pneumonia, pleuritis, and hilar lymphadenopathy. |
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http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=2981&nbr=2207
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| | Wired News: A Bioweapon Worse Than Anthrax? |
| | say tularemia is extremely virulent and the need for a vaccine is critical. | | | A vaccine for tularemia is available as an investigational drug for people who work with the bacterium. | | | The Centers for Disease Control say tularemia is almost always successfully treated with antibiotics, and that the bug is not as worrisome as anthrax or smallpox. |
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57622,00.html
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| | CIDRAP >> Knowing local conditions can help in spotting tularemia |
| | Six confirmed and five probable human tularemia cases occurred from 2001 through 2003 in western and southwestern Wyoming, versus only 10 cases from 1990 through 2000, the report says. | | | Six of the seven patients suffered ulceroglandular tularemia, and one had typhoidal tularemia, the report says. | | | "In addition, a local epizootic of tularemia might correlate with an increase in human cases and should heighten awareness that tularemia might be a possibility in clinically compatible cases," the article says. |
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/tularemia/news/feb2405tula.html
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| | Tularemia outbreak identified in pet prairie dogs - October 1, 2002 |
| | At press time, officials had not identified any human cases of the disease associated with the dogs. | | | The disease, which can be treated with antimicrobials, cannot be spread person to person. | | | Roughly 200 human cases of tularemia occur each year in the United States, mostly in individuals living in the south-central and western states. |
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| | MedlinePlus: Biodefense and Bioterrorism |
| | Tularemia (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) | | | A Guide to Citizen Preparedness (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Links to PDF |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biodefenseandbioterrorism.html
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Tularemia |
| | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | Tularemia is fatal in about 5% of untreated cases and in less than 1% with treatment. | | | Tularemia is an infection common in wild rodents caused by the organism Francisella tularensis and transmitted to humans by contact with animal tissues or ticks. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000856.htm
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| | Notifiable Condition: Tularemia |
| | You are here: DOH Home » Notifiable Conditions » Tularemia Index | | | When the source is a risk for only to a few individuals (e.g., animal exposure), to inform those individuals how they can reduce their risk of exposure. | | | Send inquires about DOH and its programs to the Health Consumer Assistance Office |
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http://www.doh.wa.gov/notify/nc/tularemia.htm
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| | NJDHSS, Communicable Disease Service: Tularemia |
| | Tularemia is a bacterial disease caused by Francisella tularensis which produces an acute febrile illness in humans. | | | Tularemia may be spread in a variety of ways. | | | Skin exposure (such as from handling infected animals) may result in skin ulcers and swollen, painful glands: this is the most common presentation of tularemia. |
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http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/f_tularemia.htm
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| | Emergency Preparedness & Response |
| | Depending on the route of exposure, tularemia may cause skin ulcers, swollen and painful lymph glands, inflamed eyes, sore throat, oral ulcers or pneumonia-like illness. | | | Tularemia is a bacterial disease that can cause a variety of symptoms, depending on how the organism enters the body. | | | Tularemia is more dangerous when it is inhaled. |
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http://www.vdh.state.va.us/EPR/Agents_Biological_Tularemia.asp
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| | Tularemia --- United States, 1990--2000 |
| | Tularemia characteristically presents as an acute febrile illness. | | | Tularemia as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. | | | For purposes of national surveillance, confirmed and probable tularemia cases are defined as clinically compatible illness with confirmatory or presumptive laboratory evidence of F. |
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http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5109a1.htm
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| | Oklahoma State Department of Health Tickborne Illness |
| | Factors associated with a more severe outcome include increasing age, serious coexisting medical conditions, symptoms of a month or longer before treatment, and inappropriate antibiotic therapy. | | | Although tularemia can be severe, preventive antibiotic therapy in non-ill persons following a tick bite is not recommended. | | | Overall, 4% of persons with tularemia die due to the disease. |
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http://www.health.ok.gov/program/cdd/tularemia.html
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| | The patient became afebrile on 6/1, improved rapidly thereafter, and was discharged on 6/3. | | | The diagnosis of tularemia should be considered in any individual presenting with hand ulcers, fever, regional lymphadenopathy, muscle aches, and a history of skinning wild animals. | | | Further review of her history by an alert Kotzebue physician lead to the diagnosis of tularemia and treatment with streptomycin was begun on 5/30. |
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http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/bulletins/docs/b1988_25.htm
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| | Tularemia |
| | Tetracycline and chloramphenicol are able to control the acute phases of tularemia, but relapses occur. | | | The most common form of the disease is an indolent, febrile condition manifested by a skin ulcer and tender enlargement of regional lymph nodes. | | | Tularemia is a general name for several syndromes that are caused by the same organism, Francisella tularensis. |
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http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/lectures/lecture/tularem.htm
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| | Safety and Health Topics: Tularemia |
| | Approximately 200 cases of tularemia in humans are reported annually in the United States, mostly in persons living in the south-central and western states. | | | Release of the bacteria in a aerosolized form is the most likely method to be used in bioterrorism. | | | Contact the OSHA Directorate of Science, Technology and Medicine at 202-693-2300 for assistance accessing DocType materials. |
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http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/tularemia
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| | Amazon.com: All Products Search Results: Tularemia |
| | See more references to Tularemia in this book. | | | The changing picture of tularemia transmission in Arkansas: A study of 704 case histories | | | a bubo is present: ^ Tularemia ^ Cat scratch disease ^... |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?ix=blended&fqp=keywordsTularemia&nsp=external-tagbar2003-20&fl=templates/search/aps.html
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| | ACP-ASIM Bioterrorism Resource Center - Quick Facts about Tularemia |
| | In a substantial number of patients, pulmonary signs may be minimal or absent, and generalized constitutional symptoms may predominate | | | Tularemia is a zoonosis caused by Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative coccobacillus | | | In the correct clinical setting, the presence of nodular infiltrates with a pleural effusion should suggest either tularemia or plague pneumonia |
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http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/tularemia.htm
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| | BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: University of Nebraska delays BU tularemia investigation |
| | OSTON - The investigation into how a lesser strain of rabbit fever bacteria at Boston University became contaminated with a lethal strain of the disease has been delayed by the reluctance of a Nebraska researcher to provide federal officials with needed samples, according to a published report. | | | BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: University of Nebraska delays BU tularemia investigation |
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