{"id":3523,"date":"2015-02-26T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwhc.wp.hum.uu.nl\/2015\/02\/26\/tularemia-also-found-in-hares-in-friesland\/"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:43:15","slug":"tularemia-also-found-in-hares-in-friesland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwhc.nl\/en\/2015\/02\/tularemia-also-found-in-hares-in-friesland\/","title":{"rendered":"Tularemia also found in hares in Friesland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friesland is the fifth province in which tularemia has been found in hares. Two hares from the centre\u00a0of the province were submitted to the Dutch Wildlife Health Centre (DWHC) for post-mortem exam. Tularemia was initially suspected based on lesions seen in the liver and was later confirmed by molecular tests performed at the Central Veterinary Institute\u00a0(CVI) in Lelystad.\"\u00a9<\/a><\/p>\n

These two cases, the first of 2015, bring the total number of tularemia-positive hares to five since the start of the tularemia screening program in 2011 (see map).<\/p>\n

\u00a9 RIVM\/CVI\/NVWA\/DWHC<\/p>\n

In the Netherlands a tularemia study group has been set up with representatives from a range of wildlife and public health organisations including the RIVM, GGD, CVI, DWHC and NVWA. The group performs research and risk analyses and produces information for use by medical and veterinary professionals and at-risk groups such as hunters.<\/p>\n

Tularemia in people<\/h3>\n

Tularemia in humans is very rare. People can become infected via contact with animals (in particular hares and rodents) but the bacteria is not transmitted from person to person. The most common routes of infection include:<\/p>\n