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Routes of Infection
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Inhalation: aerosolized in water or soil
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Inoculation: skin wound contact with soil or water
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Ingestion: water
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Person‐to‐person: rare
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Animal‐to‐human: not observed
http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/principal-investigators/researcher/david-dance http://www.vhfcn.org/unitlinks.htmlSymptoms
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“The Great Mimicker”
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Acute pulmonary infection
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most common presentation
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Localized infection
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Disseminated infection
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Fulminant septicemia
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Neurological (less common)
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