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Tularemia in the Arctic

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Tularemia is a zoonotic bacterial disease that is endemic to the Northern hemisphere. The causative agent, Francisella tularensis, has been isolated from more than 300 species of mammals and can survive in water. Cases of human and animal tularemia have been described in all of the Arctic nations except for Iceland and Greenland. Currently, little tularemia surveillance is done in the North, as the disease claims very few human lives. However, its distribution and ecology are expected to change as the climate warms and more water is present on Northern landscapes. This chapter summarizes the status of tularemia in each of the Arctic nations and concludes by discussing the One Health implications of this important disease.

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Hansen, C.M., Dresvyannikova, S. (2022). Tularemia in the Arctic. In: Tryland, M. (eds) Arctic One Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87853-5_17

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