First European detection and genomic analysis of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis in a traveler returning from Canada

Author:

Rutschmann, O, Leuenberger, D, Raemy, S, Koller, R, Baumann, L, Paniga, S, Jaton, K, Metzger, C, and Schmidt, K

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2026-04

Journal/Series title:

Case Reports

URL:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250926000880?via%3Dihub

Abstract:

We report here the first European human case of tularemia caused by F. tularensis subsp. tularensis in a patient returning from Canada to Switzerland.