An outbreak of primary pneumonic tularemia on Martha's vineyard

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 1601-1606

  Feldman, Katherine A ^a   Enscore, Russell E ^b   Lathrop, Sarah L ^a   Matyas, Bela T ^c   McGuill, Michael ^c   Schriefer, Martin E ^b   Stiles Enos, Donna ^d   Dennis, David T ^a   Petersen, Lyle R ^b   Hayes, Edward B ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Martha's Vineyard Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CARNIVORA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SUMMER; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEPHITIDAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RATS; RISK FACTORS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0035969524     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa011374     Document Type: Article

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