No tularemia vaccine is currently available to protect the ... began researching Francisella tularensis in 2001 to better understand how these bacteria cause disease. Klose, who also studies Vibrio ...

Tularemia is a bacterial infection caused by Francisella tularensis. As the name rabbit fever suggests, tularemia is most common in rabbits. However, it can also affect other species, including ...

Dennis, MD, MPH, Chief, Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, CDC. Despite the increased risk of a bioweapons threat felt after September 11, further vaccine development for tularemia remains slow.