Tularemia Outbreak, Bulgaria, 1997–2005

Abstract

The 1997–2005 tularemia outbreak in Bulgaria affected 285 people. Ten strains were isolated from humans, a tick, a hare, and water. Amplified fragment length polymorphism typing of the present isolates and of the strain isolated in 1962 suggests that a new genetic variant caused the outbreak.

Keywords

• Francisella tularensis, tularemia outbreak, AFLP typing
• dispatch
• Bulgaria