Tularemia in a mule deer.
A case of tularemia was confirmed in a 51-year-old man who acquired the disease from a mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus. Francisella tularensis was isolated from bone marrow of the deer carcass.
Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, and Infectious Disease Section, California State Department of Health, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94704, USA.
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Emmons
J
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Ruskin
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Bissett
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Uyeda
R M
RM
Wood
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Lear
D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000382:microbiology; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology*; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses