title: A cluster of tularaemia after contact with a dead hare in the Netherlands.
abstract: Tularemia is thought to be rare in the Netherlands. Here we describe a cluster of two patients who contracted tularaemia after field dressing of a hare found dead. Additionally, infection from the same source is suggested in three animals.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine÷Infectious Disease Service, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van de Wetering
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oliveira dos Santos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagelaar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Kleuver
authors.forename: M G J
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Koene
authors.forename: H I J
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Roest
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomaso
authors.forename: W F W
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Bierman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Stienstra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005289:Ferrets; D034621:Hares / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D014406:Tularemia