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Tularaemia Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

Surveillance report
12 Nov 2019
Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report on Communicable Diseases in Europe
Time period covered: 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Tularaemia. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2018. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019.

For 2018, 18 countries in the EU/EEA reported 441 cases of tularaemia, 358 (81%) of which were confirmed. The EU/EEA notification rate for 2018 was 0.07 cases per 100 000 population. The male-to-female ratio was 1.7:1. As in previous years, the notification rate among males was higher in most age groups except for the age groups between 5 and 24 years. Notification rates increased with age and peaked at 45–64 years.

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