Tularemia outbreak, Bulgaria, 1997-2005.
The 1997-2005 tularemia outbreak in Bulgaria affected 285 people. Ten strains were isolated from humans, a tick, a hare, and water. Amplified fragment length polymorphism typing of the present isolates and of the strain isolated in 1962 suggests that a new genetic variant caused the outbreak.
Kantardjiev
Todor
T
National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria. kantardj@ncipd.netbg.com
Ivanov
Ivan
I
Velinov
Tzvetan
T
Padeshki
Plamen
P
Popov
Boris
B
Nenova
Roumiana
R
Mincheff
Milcho
M
D000818:Animals; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010802:Phylogeny; D011817:Rabbits; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology