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Rikard Dryselius1, Marika Hjertqvist1, Signar Mäkitalo2
1Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden.
Abstract:
On 31 of July 2019, the Public Health Agency of Sweden was alerted about an increasing number of tularaemia cases in Gävleborg, a county in central Sweden. The number of cases increased thereafter peaking at about 150 reports of illnesses every week. As at 6 October, a total of 979 cases (734 laboratory-confirmed) have been reported, mainly from counties in central Sweden. The outbreak is now considered over (as at 14 October).
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