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Tularemia Learning Center
Causes could include:
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Francisella tularensis
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Direct contact, through a break in the skin, with an infected animal or its dead body; The bite of an infected tick, horsefly, or mosquito;
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Five types of illness may occur, depending on where/how the bacteria enter the body: Ulceroglandular/glandular tularemia. seventy-five to 85% of all cases are of this type. This type is contracted through the bite of an infected tick that has defe...
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