TULAREMIA A SERIOUS IFECTIOUS DISEASE: A REVIEW

Summary Tularemia also known as Pahvant Valley plague, Rabbit Fever, Deer Fly Fever, Ohara's fever is a serious infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis (Type A) & (Type B) and is highly virulent for humans and domestic rabbits.The vectors who are responsible for the transmission of the disease is ticks and deer flies. Tularemia may also be spread by direct contact with contaminated animals or material, by ingestion of poorly cooked flesh of infected animals or contaminated water, or by inhalation. In the present review we have mostly focused on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, preventions, complication and various research which are been made to overcome from this infectious disease.

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