TRANSMISSION OF TULAREMIA BY TICKS, IN FR ANCE - A NEW OR SO FAR UNKNOWN FACT

Authors
WILHELM JM THANNBERGER P SARACENI O KIEFFER P
Citation
Jm. Wilhelm et al., TRANSMISSION OF TULAREMIA BY TICKS, IN FR ANCE - A NEW OR SO FAR UNKNOWN FACT, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 27(10), 1997, pp. 868-869
Citations number
5
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
27
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
868 - 869
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1997)27:10<868:TOTBTI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Three cases of tularemia transmitted by ticks (considered as very rare in France) were recently described in this journal. In this paper arg uments are presented to demonstrate that this has been a common mode o f transmission in France since the first registered epidemic, even tho ugh unpublicized.