Investigation of a Human Case of Francisella tularensis Infection, United Kingdom, 2023

Ameeka Thompson; Tim Brooks; Catherine Houlihan; Tommy Rampling; Helen Umpleby; Kayleigh Hansford; Jolyon Medlock; Alexander Vaux; Julie Logan; Andrew Frost; Sue Neale; Stephen Wyllie; Kirsty Dodgson; Dominic Haigh; Isra Halim; Raqib Huq; Michael Riste; N. Claire Gordon

doi:10.3201/eid3010.240479

Investigation of a Human Case of Francisella tularensis Infection, United Kingdom, 2023

Ameeka Thompson^*
, Tim Brooks
, Catherine Houlihan
, Tommy Rampling
, Helen Umpleby
, Kayleigh Hansford
, Jolyon Medlock
, Alexander Vaux
, Julie Logan
, Andrew Frost
, Sue Neale
, Stephen Wyllie
, Kirsty Dodgson
, Dominic Haigh
, Isra Halim
, Raqib Huq
, Michael Riste
, N. Claire Gordon

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Tularemia, caused by Francisella tularensis, is not known to occur in the United Kingdom. We report a case of tularemia diagnosed in July 2023 in a UK patient with no travel in the 6 weeks before symptom onset. We describe the subsequent multiagency investigation into possible routes of acquisition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2188-2190
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	30
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.240479
Publication status	Published - Oct 2024

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Thompson, A., Brooks, T., Houlihan, C., Rampling, T., Umpleby, H., Hansford, K., Medlock, J., Vaux, A., Logan, J., Frost, A., Neale, S., Wyllie, S., Dodgson, K., Haigh, D., Halim, I., Huq, R., Riste, M., & Gordon, N. C. (2024). Investigation of a Human Case of Francisella tularensis Infection, United Kingdom, 2023. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 30(10), 2188-2190. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.240479

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