Tularaemia - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Tularaemia. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2016. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019. 

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 4 April 2018.
For 2016, 1 148 cases of tularaemia were reported in the EU/EEA, 1 096 (95%) of which were confirmed.
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Francisella tularensis bacteria. © Science Photo Library

Tularaemia is a zoonosis (infection that could transmit from animals to humans), caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, capable of surviving for weeks at low temperatures in water, moist soil, hay, straw or animal carcasses.

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