DOH Reports the US Man in Hospital …

DOH Reports the US Man in Hospital With Tularemia

The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday reported its first imported case of tularemia since 2007.

The patient, a 67-year-old US citizen from San Francisco, California, showed symptoms of fever before flying to Taiwan on June 26.

The man was confirmed to have the disease on Monday after being admitted to a Taipei hospital for fever, pneumonia and a build-up of fluid in his lungs

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