Tularemia bacterium hibernates and can be traced in terror attacks
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 10:53
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The bacterium that causes tularemia in animals and humans can survive in a dormant state in nature for a long time before causing new outbreaks. This according to a new doctoral thesis at Umeå University. The thesis also shows a method for tracing if the bacterium is used as a biological weapon in, for example, terrorist attacks.