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25/11/2012

Infectious Disease Fact Sheet

Name of disease	(TULAREMIA)
Name of causative agent	Francisella tularensis is a facultative intracellular bacterium that is the causative agent of tularemia.
Type of microbe R	Bacterium        Eukaryote        Virus        Provirus Type of microbe is bacterium ‘Francisella Tularemia’
If Bacterial:	Francisella Tularensis
·        Gram-reaction	Gram-Negative Non-Motile Coccobacillus Bacterium
·        Cell shape and arrangement	Single celled Appear as small rod like shapes
If Eukaryotic: R	Alga    Protozoa    Platyhelminth    Nematode    Fungus
·        Multicellular or Unicellular	Multicellular Organism
If Viral: R	DNA        +Strand RNA        -Strand RNA        Retrovirus
·        Naked or Enveloped	Enveloped  Coccobacillus
·        Formation of Provirus	Biofilm Formation and motility
Epidemiology:	The Disease is Endemic
·        Geographic Prevalence	The disease is endemic in North America and parts of Europe and Asia Never been reported in the UK
·        Average rates of infection	If treated the mortality rate is less than 1%                                        Untreated   mortality rate is 8%                             Type A is more severe type B is less severe
·        Reservoir(s)	Natural Reservoirs (Avoid contact with wild animals)
·        Main transmission mode(s)	While handling infected animals, bites from infected deer flies or ticks and handling or eating insufficiently cooked rabbit meat. It cannot be transmitted from person to person
Pathology:
·        Major tissues/organs affected	Skin via proximal lymphatic system
·        Major signs/symptoms	Skin lesions, swollen glands, throat infection, intestinal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting.
·        Sequalae?	Complications can cause: bone infection (Osteomyelitis) (Meningitis), Infection of the sac around the heart (Pericarditis) (Pneumonia)
·        Latency?	Systems generally appear three to five days but can range from one to twenty one days
Treatment:
·        Main treatment methods	Antibiotics Streptomycin, tetracycline or chloramphenicol which is a second line of treatment, no vaccine is currently available for the general public to date
·        Typical length of treatment	Length of treatment range from one to twenty one days
·        Prophylactic measures	To protect against infection wear rubber gloves when handling animals

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