tularaemia
/ˌt(j)uːləˈriːmɪə
/(US tularemia)
noun [mass noun]
A severe infectious bacterial disease of animals transmissible to humans, characterized by ulcers at the site of infection, fever, and loss of weight. Compare with rabbit fever.
- This disease is caused by the bacterium Pasteurella tularense; Gram-negative rods or cocci.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Category A agents are those that cause diseases considered to pose the greatest risk to national security: anthrax, smallpox, plague, botulism, tularemia and viral hemorrhagic fevers.
- Other infectious diseases that pose a threat include plague, tularemia, botulism and tuberculosis.
Derivatives
tularaemic
- Martha's Vineyard is the only place in the US to have witnessed two outbreaks of tularemic pneumonic disease.
- To be sure, take all recommended antibiotics for any tularemic infection, but don't neglect to add the vitamin C as previously discussed.
- This resulted in polyclonal activation of the immune system because the antibodies of these mice reacted with 6-12 compounds of the tularaemic antigen.
Origin
1920s: modern Latin, from Tulare, the county in California where it was first observed.