Development, Strategies, and Challenges for Tularemia Vaccine

S Moradkasani, M Maurin, AS Farrokhi, S Esmaeili - Current Microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Francisella tularensis is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that affects both
humans and animals. It was developed into a biological warfare weapon as a result. In this …

Francisella tularensis

A Qin, GB Moreau, EM Barry, BJ Mann - Molecular Medical Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Francisella tularensis is a facultative intracellular pathogen that causes the zoonotic disease
tularemia. Transmission can occur through arthropod vectors, by inhalation, ingestion, and …

Longitudinal phase 2 clinical trials of live, attenuated tularemia vaccine in healthy research laboratory workers

DL Saunders, BC Pierson, J Haller, S Norris… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Tularemia is caused by the intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis (Ft). It
was weaponized historically due to low infectious aerosol dose, high morbidity, and mortality …

Considerations for prevention of and emergency response to tularemia outbreaks in Ukraine: vaccine involvement

DL Saunders, BC Pierson, O Zlenko… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Tularemia is a highly dangerous, febrile zoonotic bacterial infection, endemic to many
regions of the Northern hemisphere including Eastern Europe. The current war in Ukraine …