| re-emergence of tularemia in turkey. | four tularemia epidemics were reported from three different regions of turkey between 1936 and 1953. after a long interval, a new tularemia epidemic was reported from the area around bursa in the northwestern part of turkey in 1988. following this first epidemic in bursa, small epidemics occurred in areas around bursa between 1988 and 2002. other tularemia epidemics in different regions of turkey were reported between 1988 and 2005. almost all of the cases involved the oropharyngeal form of the ... | 2009 | 19119037 |