Title of article
A case report of human tularemia from Iran
Author/Authors
Rohani ، Mahdi - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Mohsenpour ، Behzad - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences , Ghasemi ، Ahmad - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Esmaeili ، Saber - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Karimi ، Mohammad - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences , Neubauer ، Heinrich - Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut , Tomaso ، Herbert - Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut , Mostafavi ، Ehsan - Pasteur Institute of Iran
Pages
4
From page
250
To page
253
Abstract
Tularemia is one of the most contagious bacterial infections. Here, we report a human case of glandular tularemia in Iran following the first report in 1980. The patient was a 6-year-old girl who had consumed a hunted hare in Kurdistan Province in western Iran.
Keywords
Francisella tularensis , Hare , Tularemia , Iran
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Serial Year
2018
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Record number
2454368
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