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A cluster of tularaemia after contact with a dead hare in the Netherlands
D van de Wetering1, C Oliveira dos Santos, M Wagelaar
1Departments of Internal Medicine÷Infectious Disease Service, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|December 22, 2015
Abstract:
Tularemia is thought to be rare in the Netherlands. Here we describe a cluster of two patients who contracted tularaemia after field dressing of a hare found dead. Additionally, infection from the same source is suggested in three animals.
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