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| Rare Pneumonic Tularemia Linked to Rabbits | |
| 2003-06-25 | |
| West Nile Fever, SARS, Monkeypox and now Tularemia. FOOD AND DRINK WARNING. Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities said. Vrooooooooooooooooom, splat, Uh oh. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia. The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites by infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person.
Ah, Tim? Ever use a rotary lawn mower? I think we all know how they inhaled the poor widdle wabbit. | |
| Posted by:Steve |