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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A resident in Boulder County contracted tularemia, or "rabbit fever," and has since died after suffering other medical complications.
The Daily Camera in Boulder reports (http://bit.ly/1EC34mr ) that the Lafayette resident contracted the illness while doing yardwork earlier this month. It is the first case of tularemia in Boulder County this year and the third in Colorado.
Health officials are not releasing the age or gender of the resident, but say the person became ill about May 11. The resident's other medical complications were not related to the tularemia.
Tularemia symptoms include fever, sore throat and swollen glands. It can be fatal if untreated.
It's often transmitted to people handling infected rabbits, hares, beavers and muskrats.
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Information from: Daily Camera, http://www.dailycamera.com/
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