Tularemia pneumonia in Washington, DC. A report of three cases with possible common-source exposures

JAMA. 1979 Nov 23;242(21):2315-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.242.21.2315.

Abstract

In June 1978, three cases of tularemia pneumonia occurred in persons residing in the Washington, DC, area. The patients, all men, became ill three to four days after a brief session training their hunting dogs in an undeveloped wooded area adjacent to a housing complex. One of the dogs, which later died, had captured a wild rabbit during the training session. All three men had handled the rabbit while familiarizing their dogs with the rabbit's scent. The men had no other common exposure that was a likely source of infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis
  • Disease Outbreaks / epidemiology*
  • District of Columbia
  • Dogs
  • Francisella tularensis / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia / etiology*
  • Pneumonia / transmission
  • Tularemia / transmission*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial