@article{article_464165, title={Evaluation of Tularemia Cases and Protective Preventions Taken in Ankara Province, Turkey}, journal={Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={66}, pages={211–216}, year={2019}, DOI={10.33988/auvfd.464165}, author={Şimşek, A. Çiğdem and Çankaya, Sertaç}, keywords={Francisella tularensis,rodent diseases,tularemia,waterborne diseases}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Tularemia; caused by <i>Francisella tularensis </i> a zoonotic disease which can be seen endemic
in the northern hemisphere. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The distribution of
tularemia cases according to years and the epidemiological features of the
disease in Ankara province were evaluated. The <b> </b>number of tularemia cases according to years in Ankara; 129 in
2010, 349 in 2011, 87 in 2012, 2 in 2013, 0 in 2014, 86 in 2016 and 16 in 2017.
51.2% of cases seen in the years 2015-2017 were female (n = 64) and 48.8% (n =
61) were male and the mean age was 40.86 ± 18.27. In these cases, the use of
tap water was 65.4%, the use of water from fountains was 48.1%, the use of well
water was 8.6% the presence of rodents in the environment was 29.7%, and the
incidence of rodents at home was 6.3%. To control tularemine, well water,
spring water and fountains outside the grid system must be controlled; used
water tanks must be maintained and cleaned at regular intervals. It is
important that the waters against microbiological contamination are chlorinated
by automatic devices and the residual chlorine measurements are made without
interruption. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Ankara University}