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hare-to-human transmission of francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica, germany.

in november 2012, a group of 7 persons who participated in a hare hunt in north rhine-westphalia, germany, acquired tularemia. two f. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates were cultivated from human and hare biopsy material. both isolates belonged to the ftn002-00 genetic subclade (derived for single nucleotide polymorphisms b.10 and b.18), thus indicating likely hare-to-human transmission.