It occurs when a person's contaminated hand rubs his or her eye.
Ulceroglandular/glandular tularemia. Seventy-five to 85% of all cases are of this type.
Five types of illness may occur, depending on where/how the bacteria enter the body: Ulceroglandular/glandular tularemia, Oculoglandular tularemia,Oropharyngeal and gastrointestinal tularemia, Pulmonary tularemia, Typhoidal tularemia
A tender red bump appears in the area of the original wound. Over a few weeks, the bump develops a punched-out center (ulcer). Nearby lymph nodes grow hugely swollen and very tender.
Tularemia can be treated with drugs, the best choices being streptomycin. There is a vaccine for it but not many people get it because it can be dangerous.
This type accounts for only about 1% of all cases of tularemia
In the United States, the vast majority of cases of tularemia occur in the southeastern and Rocky Mountain states.
This type occurs when contaminated meat is undercooked and then eaten, or when water from a contaminated source is drunk
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Tularemia
One of them is Tularemia.
Tularemia is a rare infectious disease that typically attacks the skin, eyes, lymph nodes and lungs. Tularemia — also called rabbit fever or deer fly fever — is caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. There is usually an ulcer seen at the site of infection.
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