Tularemia

…In Japan, it is common in the Tohoku region, and the causative bacterium is Francisella tularensis (gram-negative, pleomorphic bacterium), which is highly contagious. It was discovered in Utah, USA in 1922 and named "tularemia," but in Japan, Hachiro Ohara (1882-1943) of Fukushima independently studied it and reported it as "tularemia," and it was later discovered that the two are the same disease. It is also called "Ohara disease" after the name of the person who reported it. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…日本では東北地方に多く，病原菌は野兎病菌Francisella tularensis(グラム陰性，多形性菌)で，感染力はきわめて強い。1922年にアメリカのユタ州で発見され〈ツラレミアtularemia〉と名づけられたが，日本でも25年に福島の大原八郎(1882‐1943)が独自に研究し〈野兎病〉として報告し，後になって両者が同一の病気であることが明らかになった。報告者の名をとって〈大原病〉ともいう。…

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