Epidemia of Tularemia in Central Anatolia

Kaygusuz S., Osman-Arikan O., Azkur K., ŞİMŞEK H., Gazyagci S., Muluk N., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES, cilt.9, sa.12, ss.1702-1706, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3923/javaa.2010.1702.1706
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1702-1706
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tularemia, zoonoses, mice, Francisella tularensis, glandular, Turkey
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis which can be transmitted to humans by tick bites contaminated water handling infected materials and inhalation. The different clinical types are ulceroglandular, glandular, oropharyngeal, oculoglandular, typhoidal and pneumonic tularemia. Streptomycin and tetracycline are commonly used to treat this infection. In this study approched other patients after the suspected tularemia patient attended to Kirikkale University, Faculty of Medicine with the servical mass complaint at January 2010. To find the reservoir for tularemia, laboratory research was carried on the mice. suspected to be infected with Francisella tularensis in the town of infection.