What is Tularemia
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Tularemia Definition
Tularemia is a rare bacterial infection that can be deadly. Governments have studied its use as a germ-warfare weapon. As a weapon, it would be released in the air. The disease occurs naturally after exposure to infected animals or insects, or contaminated water or food. There are different types of the disease, depending on where the exposure and symptoms occur:
- Ulceroglandular, skin
- Glandular, lymph nodes
- Oculoglandular, eye
- Oropharyngeal, mouth and throat
- Intestinal, bowels
- Pneumonia , lung
- Typhoid Fever , system-wide disease
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