Issue: 2015 > December > case report

A cluster of tularaemia after contact with a dead hare in the Netherlands



CASE REPORT
D. van de Wetering, C. Oliveira dos Santos, M. Wagelaar, M. de Kleuver, M.G.J. Koene, H.I.J. Roest, B. Sinha, H. Tomaso, W.F.W. Bierman, Y. Stienstra
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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.