Missed sentinel case of naturally occurring pneumonic tularemia outbreak: Lessons for detection of bioterrorism

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Dembek, Zygmunt F ^a   Buckman, Ronald L ^b   Fowler, Stephanie K ^b   Hadler, James L ^a  

^a CDC   (United States)

^b Bolton Family and Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TULAREMIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0642279158     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.4.339     Document Type: Article

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