Francisella tularensis

Agent Name
Francisella tularensis
Major Category
Biological Agents
Category
Infectious Agents
Comments
Inhalation exposures occur in medical laboratory workers, hunters (pelts), and farmers (soil, grain, or hay dust). Reservoirs include ticks, some domestic animals, and wild animals (rabbits, voles, muskrats, beavers)." [CCDM, p. 652]
Biomedical References

Diseases, Processes, and Activities Linked to This Agent

Diseases

Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent: