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       Fourth human case of "rabbit fever" confirmed on Long
       Island amid decade-high tick activity
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: August 6, 2026, 8:19 pm
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       Suffolk County, New York, health officials confirmed a 4th case
       of tularemia, commonly called "rabbit fever, "on Long Island
       this week. Tularemia is a rare but potentially serious zoonotic
       disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, spread
       most often through the bites of infected ticks and deer flies
       and through contact with infected animals. The cluster comes as
       human emergency-department visits for tick bites run at their
       highest level in nearly a decade, with the Northeast and Midwest
       hit hardest.
       The disease affects more than 250 species of wild and domestic
       mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish. In North America, it is most
       often found in wild rabbits, hares, and rodents, which are
       highly susceptible and can die in large numbers during
       outbreaks. Among domestic animals, sheep are most commonly
       affected, though infection has also been reported in cats, dogs,
       pigs, and horses. Cats, in particular, pose a special concern in
       small-animal practice, as they can acquire the organism by
       hunting infected prey. Dogs, meanwhile, are relatively resistant
       and infection in them is rare.
       People and animals are infected through the same main routes,
       which include bites from infected ticks or deer flies, contact
       with or ingestion of infected animals, inhalation of
       contaminated aerosols, and drinking contaminated water. In the
       United States, most cases trace to the bites of infected ticks,
       including dog ticks, wood ticks, and lone star ticks. The
       disease does not spread from person to person.
       "It's often called rabbit fever because hunters who shoot
       rabbits and then skin and eviscerate them can become
       contaminated by that close contact with their tissues,
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