AUTHOR=Lopes de Carvalho Isabel , Nascimento Paula , Núncio Maria Sofia , Toscano Rico Miguel 

TITLE=First Case of Tularemia Reported in Portugal: Probably of Imported Origin

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00325

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2018.00325

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<p>The authors report the case of a 47-year-old man who walked in the countryside on the island of Bornholm, during the summer period. Three days later, fever, myalgias and adynamia began. The serological tests, Real-time PCR and isolation of the bacteria from the culture of lymph biopsy confirmed the presence of <italic>Francisella tularensis</italic> subsp. <italic>holarctica</italic>.</p>