The outbreak of tularemia in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2013: clinical and epidemiological features in children
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease. The pathogen (Francisella tularensis) is а gram negative bacteria virulent to humans and animals (rodents, hares, rabbits). The outbreak of tularemia had happened in 2013, in Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District, during which 1005 people became ill, including 157 chil...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | Russian |
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IPO “АIDSSPbR"
2016
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Online Access: | https://journal.niidi.ru/jofin/article/view/448 https://doi.org/10.22625/2072-6732-2015-7-4-83-88 |
Summary: | Tularemia is a zoonotic disease. The pathogen (Francisella tularensis) is а gram negative bacteria virulent to humans and animals (rodents, hares, rabbits). The outbreak of tularemia had happened in 2013, in Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District, during which 1005 people became ill, including 157 children, of whom 152 people were treated at the Hospital District of Khanty-Mansiysk. The histories of inpatients and outpatients affected children had been analysed (n=152). Specialists have identified epidemiological and clinical features of children tularemia. There was ulceroglandular form of tularemia in 98.7% of cases. Purulent lymphadenitis has appeared in 5.9% of cases. 21,2% of affected children have been vaccinated and revaccinated against tularemia for 1–11 years before the disease. Туляремия – зоонозная природно-очаговая инфекция. Возбудитель (Francisella tularensis) – грамотрицательная бактерия, высоковирулентная для человека и животных (грызуны, зайцы, кролики). В 2013 г. в Ханты-Мансийском автономном округе произошла трансмиссивная вспышка туляремии, во время которой заболели 1005 человек, в том числе 157 детей, из них 152 человека проходили лечение в Окружной клинической больнице г. Ханты-Мансийска. Проведен анализ историй болезни и амбулаторных карт заболевших детей (n=152), определены эпидемиологические и клинические особенности туляремии у детей. В 98,7% случаев имела место ульцерогландулярная форма туляремии, гнойный лимфаденит возник в 5,9% случаев. 21,2% заболевших детей были вакцинированы и ревакцинированы от туляремии за 1–11 лет до заболевания. |
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