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On 31 of July 2019, the Public Health Agency of Sweden was alerted about an increasing number of tularaemia cases in Gävleborg, a county in central Sweden. The number of cases increased thereafter peaking at about 150 reports of illnesses every week. As at 6 October, a total of 979 cases (734 laboratory-confirmed) have been reported, mainly from counties in central Sweden. The outbreak is now considered over (as at 14 October).

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Large outbreak of tularaemia, central Sweden, July to September 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Rikard+Dryselius&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dryselius Rikard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marika+Hjertqvist&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hjertqvist Marika</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Signar+M%C3%A4kitalo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mäkitalo Signar</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anders+Lindblom&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lindblom Anders</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Tobias+Lilja&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lilja Tobias</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Disa+Ekl%C3%B6f&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Eklöf Disa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anders+Lindstr%C3%B6m&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lindström Anders</a></span>. Large outbreak of tularaemia, central Sweden, July to September 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(42):pii=1900603. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.42.1900603" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.42.1900603</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 30 Sept 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 16 Oct 2019 </span> </p>
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