tularemia
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GC: n

S: WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-tularemia (last access: 27 June 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430905/ (last access: 27 June 2024).

N: 1. Acute infectious disease resembling plague, but much less severe. It was described in 1911 among ground squirrels in Tulare county, California (from which the name is derived), and was first reported in humans in the United States in 1914. The causative agent is the gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. The disease is primarily one of animals; human infections are incidental. It occurs naturally in many types of wildlife.

2. An infectious, plague-like, zoonotic disease caused by infection with the bacillus Francisella tularensis …

3. A21: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

4. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the book Tularemia (2006) by Susan Siderovski.

S: 1. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/tularemia (last access: 29 July 2015). 2 & 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=tularemia&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 27 June 2024). 4. Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/Susan-Siderovski/dp/0791086798 (last access: 27 June 2024);

GV: tularaemia

S: WHO – https://www.who.int/csr/delibepidemics/tularaemia/en/ (last access: 3 March 2020); TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=tularemia&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 27 June 2024); GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/2083592/tularemie (last access: 27 June 2024).

SYN: 1. deer-fly disease, deer-fly fever, Pahvant Valley fever, Pahvant Valley plague. 2. rabbit fever, Francis’ disease, Ohara’s disease. (depending on context)

S: 1. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=tularemia&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 27 June 2024); GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/2083592/tularemie (last access: 27 June 2024). 2. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=tularemia&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 27 June 2024).

CR: bioterrorism, rat.