| francisella asiatica as the causative agent of piscine francisellosis in cultured tilapia (oreochromis sp.) in the united states. | francisella asiatica is a gram-negative, pleomorphic, facultative intracellular, bacterial pathogen that causes acute to chronic disease in a wide variety of warm-water cultured and wild fish species. outbreaks of francisellosis in warm water fish have been documented in taiwan, japan, united kingdom, hawaii, and latin america (including costa rica) but the organism has only been reported from the united states on one occasion from hybrid striped bass in california. in 2010, the bacterium was de ... | 2011 | 21908332 |
| tularemia--united states, 1990-2000. | tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative coccobacillus francisella tularensis. known also as "rabbit fever" and "deer fly fever," tularemia was first described in the united states in 1911 and has been reported from all states except hawaii. tularemia was removed from the list of nationally notifiable diseases in 1994, but increased concern about potential use of f. tularensis as a biological weapon led to its reinstatement in 2000. this report summarizes tularemia cases repor ... | 2002 | 11900351 |