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Workers should avoid bites by ticks
and blood-feeding flies, and also avoid touching wild animal tissue. Cases of tularemia require prompt
identification and treatment to prevent fatalities. The following references
provide information about the control and prevention of tularemia exposure.
- Tularemia. US Army Center for Health Promotion
and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM), (2002, May), 100 KB PDF,
2 pages. Includes a list of precautions that reduce the risk of becoming
infected with tularemia.
- Current
Description of Tularemia, Methods of Control. University of California
Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Epidemiology, (2000). Describes various
measures that can prevent and control the transmission of tularemia.
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Surveillance
and Reporting Guidelines for Tularemia. Washington State Department of
Health. Provides methods of control including preventive measures, infection
control, and epidemic and bioterrorism measures.
- Tularemia:
Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology,
epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. University of Minnesota (UM), Center for Infectious Disease
Research and Policy (CIDRAP). Provides an overview
of tularemia and includes the following sections relative to control and
prevention:
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Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE). OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
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