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Article: Tularemia
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Tularemia
Do Rabbits Cause Rabbit Fever?
How Do People Contract Rabbit Fever?
Is Tularemia Common?
What Are the Symptoms of Tularemia?
How Can a Doctor Tell if a Person Has Tularemia?
How Is Tularemia Treated?
Is There Any Way to Prevent Tularemia?
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Tularemia (too-lah-REE-me-uh), sometimes called rabbit fever, is an infection caused by bacteria that can be spread to humans by wild animals.
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Francisella tularensis
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Do Rabbits Cause Rabbit Fever?
Tularemia is caused by the bacterium
Francisella tularensis
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