Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

The 2000 Tularemia Outbreak: A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors in Disease-Endemic and Emergent Areas, Sweden

Henrik Eliasson*, Johan Lindbäck†, J. Pekka Nuorti‡, Malin Arneborn†, Johan Giesecke†, and Anders Tegnell†

Author affiliations: *Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden; †Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden; ‡National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland;

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Map of Sweden showing the areas used in the analysis. Heavy shade marks tularemia-endemic area, medium shade the border area, and light shade the emergent area, where many cases occurred during the 2000 outbreak, but few cases were reported during the previous decade.

Figure 1. Map of Sweden showing the areas used in the analysis. Heavy shade marks tularemia-endemic area, medium shade the border area, and light shade the emergent area, where many cases occurred during the 2000 outbreak, but few cases were reported during the previous decade.

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