Bacterium Name: Francisella tularensis
Most likely means of dissemination: Solid or aerosol
Primary route of entry: Inhalation, absorption, or ingestion
General signs and symptoms: Sudden fever, chills, headaches, muscle aches, joint pain, dry cough, progressive weakness, and pneumonia.
The disease is not transmissible through human contact.When used as a WMD, infection would be acquired by handling infected material, eating or drinking contaminated food or water or by breathing in the bacterium.
9. Matthias, Meghan, Parker, J. Todd. "This image depicts a Petri dish containing a buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) agar medium, which had been inoculated with Gram-negative, Francisella tularensis, live vaccine strain (LVS) bacteria. F. tularensis is the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tularemia. This was the appearance of the colonial growth after 72-hours of incubation." CDC Public Health Image Library, 2009, https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=11766
