Amid all the bird flu news, you may not have noticed similar stories in recent weeks about tularemia cases—otherwise known as "rabbit fever"—spiking across the country. The disease is caused ...

Here's a closer look at rabbit fever, its symptoms, and how to protect yourself. Bites from infected ticks or deer flies. Direct contact with infected animals. Contaminated water or soil.

Signs and symptoms of Tularemia or rabbit fever The illness can be mild or severe and high grade fever is a common symptom in all kinds of illnesses. The signs and symptoms of tularemia can depend ...

Disease name: Tularemia, also known as "rabbit fever" or "deer fly fever" Affected ... higher risk of tularemia than the average person. Symptoms: The exact symptoms of tularemia in humans depend ...

Rabbit fever, or tularemia, a plaguelike infection to which rabbits and squirrels fall prey, can be transmitted to man either by an intermediate host—louse or flea—or by direct contact with an ...