What Is Tularemia?
5. Airborne Bacteria
The bacteria responsible for tularemia can survive for some time on deceased animals and/or in the soil. If infected soil is disturbed then the bacteria can be flung into the air, and it can then be inhaled. Once inhaled, the bacteria can then infect the lungs and go on to cause pneumonic tularemia.
Those at high risk from this variety of the disease include people that are involved in construction, landscape gardening, and other vocations will expose them to the bacteria. People that work in laboratories will also need to take precautions to help prevent them from inhaling the bacterium.
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