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Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Research

Epidemiology and Ecology of Tularemia in Sweden, 1984–2012

Amélie Desvars, Maria Furberg, Marika Hjertqvist, Linda Vidman, Anders Sjöstedt, Patrik Rydén, and Anders JohanssonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (A. Desvars, M. Furberg, L. Vidman, A. Sjöstedt, P. Rydén, A. Johansson); The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden (M. Hjertqvist)

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Figure 6

Distribution of tularemia cases by ecologic region, Sweden, 1984−2012. Black dots indicate locations of reported cases. Region designations adopted from (24).

Figure 6. Distribution of tularemia cases by ecologic region, Sweden, 1984−2012. Black dots indicate locations of reported cases. Region designations adopted from (24).

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