CDC surveillance data show increase in US tularemia incidence
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Although case numbers remain low, average annual US incidence of a rare bacterial zoonotic disease rose by more than half from 2011 to 2022, according to new surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a report published yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, CDC investigators said 2,462 tularemia cases were reported over the period, with the annual average incidence of 0.064 per 100,000
