Outbreak of tularaemia in Golcuk, Turkey in 2005: report of 5 cases and an overview of the literature from Turkey.
Tularaemia was diagnosed by TaqMan RT-PCR and microagglutination tests in 5 patients, all from a new settlement constructed after the earthquake of 1999. During the follow-up, 129 more cases were found in this settlement (data from the local Health Care Authority). In this study, clinical features of 5 cases are presented briefly, and the Turkish literature on past outbreaks of tularaemia is reviewed.
Karadenizli
Aynur
A
From the Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji AD, Kocaeli Universitesi, Kocaeli. aynur98@yahoo.com
Gurcan
Saban
S
Kolayli
Fetiye
F
Vahaboglu
Haluk
H
D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019914:Taq Polymerase; D014406:Tularemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
D019914:Taq Polymerase