bakteri Francisella tularensis tekitatud jäneste ja näriliste haigus, mis võib levida ka inimesele haavade, limaskestade või mitme­suguste putukate, eriti põdrakärbeste (Chrysops) hammustuste kaudu, sümptomiteks haavand putukahammustuse kohal, lümfadeniit ja palavik, katkutaoline näriliste nakkushaigus, millesse võib verd imevate putukate (sääsk, puuk jt) vahendusel nakatuda ka inimene, an infectious disease especially of wild rabbits, rodents, some domestic animals, and humans that is caused by a bacterium (Francisella tularensis), is transmitted especially by the bites of insects, and in humans is marked by symptoms (as fever) of toxemia, an acute infectious bacterial disease of rodents, transmitted to humans by infected ticks or flies or by handling contaminated flesh