First Case of Tularemia Reported in Portugal: Probably of Imported Origin

The authors report the case of a 47-year-old man who walked in the countryside on the island of Bornholm, during the summer period. Three days later, fever, myalgias and adynamia began. The serological tests, Real-time PCR and isolation of the bacteria from the culture of lymph biopsy confirmed the...

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Autores principales: Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel, Nascimento, Paula, Núncio, Maria Sofia, Toscano Rico, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30510927
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00325
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author Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel
Nascimento, Paula
Núncio, Maria Sofia
Toscano Rico, Miguel
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description The authors report the case of a 47-year-old man who walked in the countryside on the island of Bornholm, during the summer period. Three days later, fever, myalgias and adynamia began. The serological tests, Real-time PCR and isolation of the bacteria from the culture of lymph biopsy confirmed the presence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica.
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spelling pubmed-62523582018-12-03 First Case of Tularemia Reported in Portugal: Probably of Imported Origin Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel Nascimento, Paula Núncio, Maria Sofia Toscano Rico, Miguel Front Public Health Public Health The authors report the case of a 47-year-old man who walked in the countryside on the island of Bornholm, during the summer period. Three days later, fever, myalgias and adynamia began. The serological tests, Real-time PCR and isolation of the bacteria from the culture of lymph biopsy confirmed the presence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6252358/ /pubmed/30510927 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00325 Text en Copyright © 2018 Lopes de Carvalho, Nascimento, Núncio and Toscano Rico. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_sort first case of tularemia reported in portugal: probably of imported origin
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30510927
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00325
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