Outbreak of tularaemia in Golcuk, Turkey in 2005: report of 5 cases and an overview of the literature from Turkey

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(10):712-6. doi: 10.1080/00365540510012125.

Abstract

Tularaemia was diagnosed by TaqMan RT-PCR and microagglutination tests in 5 patients, all from a new settlement constructed after the earthquake of 1999. During the follow-up, 129 more cases were found in this settlement (data from the local Health Care Authority). In this study, clinical features of 5 cases are presented briefly, and the Turkish literature on past outbreaks of tularaemia is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Agglutination Tests
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Francisella tularensis / genetics
  • Francisella tularensis / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Taq Polymerase
  • Tularemia / diagnosis
  • Tularemia / epidemiology*
  • Turkey / epidemiology

Substances

  • Taq Polymerase