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Finnish soldiers have contracted a rare form of tularemia

Soldiers from Finland's basic service and cadets at the military academy have been infected with tularemia, likely through insect bites during their service on the island of Santahamina near Helsinki over the past seven days. Symptoms include fever and rash, typical of tularemia. The soldiers are currently under medical care and in good health. Tularemia is rare in Europe but more common in Finland, typically transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes, with most cases occurring in summer and autumn. Human-to-human transmission does not occur, and the disease is treatable with antibiotics.

Nakaženými jsou vojáci základní služby a také kadeti vojenské vysoké školy. Podle finské stanice se nakazili během uplynulých sedmi dní, když sloužili v terénu na finském ostrově Santahamina v Helsinkách. Nakazili je pravděpodobně komáři nebo jiný hmyz.

Všichni nakažení mají horečku a vyrážku, symptomy typické pro tularémii neboli zaječí nemoc. Vojáci jsou teď v péči lékařů a jejich zdravotní stav je „dobrý“.

Tularémie je v Evropě poměrně vzácné onemocnění. Ve Finsku se ovšem vyskytuje více, jde o zemi s nejčastějším výskytem této nemoci. Nejčastěji ji přenáší právě komáři a nejvíce případů bývá v létě a na podzim. Epidemie mezi lidmi ovšem nehrozí, protože se nešíří z člověka na člověka. Léčí se antibiotiky.

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Source document: Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle)

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Novinky.czIndependentCenter3 days ago
Finnish soldiers have contracted a rare form of tularemia

Soldiers from Finland's basic service and cadets at the military academy have been infected with tularemia, likely through insect bites during their service on the island of Santahamina near Helsinki over the past seven days. Symptoms include fever and rash, typical of tularemia. The soldiers are currently under medical care and in good health. Tularemia is rare in Europe but more common in Finland, typically transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes, with most cases occurring in summer and autumn. Human-to-human transmission does not occur, and the disease is treatable with antibiotics.

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