Title of article :
A case report of human tularemia from Iran
Author/Authors :
Rohani ، Mahdi - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Mohsenpour ، Behzad - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences , Ghasemi ، Ahmad - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Esmaeili ، Saber - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Karimi ، Mohammad - Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences , Neubauer ، Heinrich - Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut , Tomaso ، Herbert - Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut , Mostafavi ، Ehsan - Pasteur Institute of Iran
Abstract :
Tularemia is one of the most contagious bacterial infections. Here, we report a human case of glandular tularemia in Iran following the first report in 1980. The patient was a 6-year-old girl who had consumed a hunted hare in Kurdistan Province in western Iran.
Keywords :
Francisella tularensis , Hare , Tularemia , Iran
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Microbiology
