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Tularemia (Rabbit Fever, Deer-fly Fever)
Tularemia is an infective disease caused by the gram negative bacteria Francisella tularensi (F. tularensis), which is found in habitats limited to the Northern division. (misc.medscape.com)The disease got the name description in 1911 of a plague like illness found in ground squirrels in Tulare County, California, by Dr. Edward Francis. This bacteria is usually found in rabbits, and can also found in other small animals like rodents, muskrats, beavers, squirrels and field mice. It can as well be found in domestic animals like dogs, and cats. It is spread to humans by the bite of infected ticks, deer flies, contact with infected animals or diseased corpse, inhalation of airborne bacteria, and swallow of infected food or water.
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Symptoms can range from mild to life-threatening. The form of Tularemia depends upon the way it entered into the body. It can be separate into half a dozen groups.
Ulceroglandular tularemia-It is a really usual strain of tularemia. This case of tularemia usually occurs with a tic or a deer fly bite or may be touching the infected creature. The skin ulcers form where the bacteria entered inside the body. The ulcers are followed by swollen lymph nodes in groin and armpit

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