AUTHOR=Telford Sam , Goethert heidi 

TITLE=Toward an Understanding of the Perpetuation of the Agent of Tularemia

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=1

YEAR=2011

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2010.00150

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2010.00150

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>The epidemiology of tularemia has influenced, perhaps incorrectly skewed, our views on the ecology of the agent of tularemia. In particular, the central role of lagomorphs needs to be reexamined. Diverse observations, some incidental, and some that are more generally reproducible, have not been synthesized so that the critical elements of the perpetuation of <italic>Francisella tularensis</italic> can be identified. Developing a quantitative model of the basic reproduction number of <italic>F. tularensis</italic> may require separate treatments for Type A and Type B given the fundamental differences in their ecology.</p>