The spread of Tularemia through water, as a new factor in its epidemiology [Propagation de la Tularémie par l’eau, un nouveau facteur de son épidémiologie].

Résumé

Rodents are the chief sources of infection of tularemia and the reservoir of its virus in the external world. The role of the waterrat, which, in the U.S.S.R., is the principal source of tularemic infection for man is well known. In the United States the same part is played by the wild rabbit. In the U.S.S.R. the role of the hare, rabbit, and mouse,-in Norway, that of the wild rat has been proved. Other rodents may serve as reservoirs of virus, for instance: Apidemus silvaticus, Ondatra zibethica, Didelphis virginiana, Marmota flaviventer, Marmota bobac, Microtus ilaeus, Gerbilus tamaricinus, Citelus beecheyi Rich., Citellus pygmeus Pall, Microtus californicus-aestuarinus, etc.