Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013

In 2013, an oropharyngeal tularemia outbreak in Turkey affected 55 persons. Drinking tap water during the likely exposure period was significantly associated with illness (attack rate 27% vs. 11% among non–tap water drinkers). Findings showed the tap water source had been contaminated by surface wat...

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Autores principales: Aktas, Dilber, Celebi, Bekir, Isik, Mehmet Emirhan, Tutus, Celal, Ozturk, Huseyin, Temel, Fehminaz, Kizilaslan, Mecit, Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26584074
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.142032
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author Aktas, Dilber
Celebi, Bekir
Isik, Mehmet Emirhan
Tutus, Celal
Ozturk, Huseyin
Temel, Fehminaz
Kizilaslan, Mecit
Zhu, Bao-Ping
author_facet Aktas, Dilber
Celebi, Bekir
Isik, Mehmet Emirhan
Tutus, Celal
Ozturk, Huseyin
Temel, Fehminaz
Kizilaslan, Mecit
Zhu, Bao-Ping
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description In 2013, an oropharyngeal tularemia outbreak in Turkey affected 55 persons. Drinking tap water during the likely exposure period was significantly associated with illness (attack rate 27% vs. 11% among non–tap water drinkers). Findings showed the tap water source had been contaminated by surface water, and the chlorination device malfunctioned.
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spelling pubmed-46724482015-12-08 Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013 Aktas, Dilber Celebi, Bekir Isik, Mehmet Emirhan Tutus, Celal Ozturk, Huseyin Temel, Fehminaz Kizilaslan, Mecit Zhu, Bao-Ping Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 2013, an oropharyngeal tularemia outbreak in Turkey affected 55 persons. Drinking tap water during the likely exposure period was significantly associated with illness (attack rate 27% vs. 11% among non–tap water drinkers). Findings showed the tap water source had been contaminated by surface water, and the chlorination device malfunctioned. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4672448/ /pubmed/26584074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.142032 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Aktas, Dilber
Celebi, Bekir
Isik, Mehmet Emirhan
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Ozturk, Huseyin
Temel, Fehminaz
Kizilaslan, Mecit
Zhu, Bao-Ping
Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013
title Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013
title_full Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013
title_fullStr Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013
title_full_unstemmed Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013
title_short Oropharyngeal Tularemia Outbreak Associated with Drinking Contaminated Tap Water, Turkey, July–September 2013
title_sort oropharyngeal tularemia outbreak associated with drinking contaminated tap water, turkey, july–september 2013
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26584074
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.142032
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