Author/Editor     Rojko, Tereza; Korva, Miša; Lotrič-Furlan, Stanka; Strle, Franc; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana
Title     Cluster of ulceroglandular tularemia cases in Slovenia
Type     članek
Vol. and No.     Letnik 7, št. 6
Publication year     2016
Volume     str. 1193-1197
ISSN     1877-9603 - Ticks and tick-borne diseases
Language     eng
Abstract     In Slovenia, a small Central European country, where tularemia cases are very rare and mostly sporadic, six cases of ulceroglandular tularemia were recognised in 2012-2013 in patients residing in or visiting a small geographical area of <6 km2. Epidemiological data indicated transmission by a tick bite in at least 3/6 patients.
Keywords     Francisella tularensis
Tularemia
Ticks
Custer
Slovenia