Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2024)

Investigation of a Human Case of Francisella tularensis Infection, United Kingdom, 2023

  • Ameeka Thompson,
  • Tim Brooks,
  • Catherine Houlihan,
  • Tommy Rampling,
  • Helen Umpleby,
  • Kayleigh Hansford,
  • Jolyon Medlock,
  • Alexander Vaux,
  • Julie Logan,
  • Andrew Frost,
  • Sue Neale,
  • Stephen Wyllie,
  • Kirsty Dodgson,
  • Dominic Haigh,
  • Isra Halim,
  • Raqib Huq,
  • Michael Riste,
  • N. Claire Gordon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.240479
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 10
pp. 2188 – 2190

Abstract

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Tularemia, caused by Francisella tularensis, is not known to occur in the United Kingdom. We report a case of tularemia diagnosed in July 2023 in a UK patient with no travel in the 6 weeks before symptom onset. We describe the subsequent multiagency investigation into possible routes of acquisition.

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