Animals Involved
Equids are reservoirs; felids, many other domesticated and wild mammals also susceptible
Known Distributions
Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America
Probable Means of Spreading
Contact with infected animals, tissues through broken skin, mucous membrane; ingestion; inhalation
Clinical Manifestations in People
Mucous membrane or skin lesions; pneumonia and pulmonary abscess; sepsis; chronic abscesses, nodules, ulcers in many organs, weight loss, lymphadenopathy; case fatality rate varies with form, but >95% in untreated septicemia