| [outbreak of tularemia in the republic of dagestan]. | in daghestan in the focus of the flood-plain swamp type 64 persons fell ill with tularemia in 1999. during the epizootological survey 8 francisella tularensis strains were isolated from vectors and carriers and in 7 samples taken from open water reservoirs, as well as in 1 sample obtained from ixodes ticks, tularemia antigen was detected. humans were infected mainly by the transmissive route, as found in 71.8% of patients. 28% of patients were infected through contacts. the disease took mainly a ... | 2001 | 12718181 |