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.
Emmons
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Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, and Infectious Disease Section, California State Department of Health, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94704, USA.
Ruskin
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Bissett
M L
ML
Uyeda
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DA
Wood
R M
RM
Lear
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CL
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