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Chapter 70 - Tularemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

By
David M. Stier  and
Mary P. Mercer
Edited by
Rachel L. Chin ,
Bradley W. Frazee  and
Zlatan Coralic
Rachel L. Chin
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Bradley W. Frazee
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Zlatan Coralic
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases , pp. 506 - 513
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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World Health Organization (WHO). 2007 guideline on tularaemia, available at www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/WHO_CDS_EPR_2007_7.pdf (accessed April 4, 2018).Google Scholar

Additional Readings

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP). Tularemia: current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis, retrieved January 8, 2016, from www.cidrap.umn.edu/infectious-disease-topics/tularemia.Google Scholar
Dennis, D. T., Inglesby, T. V., Henderson, D. A., et al. Tularemia as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. JAMA 2001; 285(21): 2763–73.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Penn, R. L. Francisella tularensis in Bennett, J. E, Dolin, R., and Blaser, M. J (eds.), Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 8th edn. (Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders, 2015).Google Scholar
World Health Organization (WHO). 2007 guideline on tularaemia, available at www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/WHO_CDS_EPR_2007_7.pdf (accessed April 4, 2018).Google Scholar

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