tularemia
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Tularemia is a rare but potentially serious infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, which can be transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals, insect bites, or contaminated environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| tularemia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: tularemia Context triple: [CDC Category A agent, includesDisease, tularemia]
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A.
Anthrax
Anthrax is an American thrash metal band, considered one of the genre’s “Big Four” alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer.
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B.
Antrax
Antrax is a powerful, ancient artificial intelligence and primary antagonist in Terry Brooks's Shannara fantasy series, known for hoarding lost technology and ruthlessly defending it.
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C.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
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D.
Ricketts
Ricketts is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Myxomatosis
Myxomatosis is a song by the English rock band Radiohead from their 2003 album "Hail to the Thief," known for its distorted bassline, cryptic lyrics, and commentary on media manipulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: tularemia Target entity description: Tularemia is a rare but potentially serious infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, which can be transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals, insect bites, or contaminated environments.
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A.
Anthrax
Anthrax is an American thrash metal band, considered one of the genre’s “Big Four” alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer.
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B.
Antrax
Antrax is a powerful, ancient artificial intelligence and primary antagonist in Terry Brooks's Shannara fantasy series, known for hoarding lost technology and ruthlessly defending it.
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C.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
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D.
Ricketts
Ricketts is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Myxomatosis
Myxomatosis is a song by the English rock band Radiohead from their 2003 album "Hail to the Thief," known for its distorted bassline, cryptic lyrics, and commentary on media manipulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial disease
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infectious disease ⓘ zoonotic disease ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Francisella tularensis type A
ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis type B ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella tularensis
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| causativeAgent | Francisella tularensis ⓘ |
| causesSymptom |
abdominal pain
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chills ⓘ diarrhea ⓘ fatigue ⓘ fever ⓘ headache ⓘ muscle aches ⓘ pneumonia ⓘ skin ulcer at site of entry ⓘ sore throat ⓘ swollen lymph nodes ⓘ |
| diagnosedBy |
culture of clinical specimens
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polymerase chain reaction ⓘ serologic testing ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| hasClinicalForm |
glandular tularemia
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oculoglandular tularemia ⓘ oropharyngeal tularemia ⓘ pneumonic tularemia ⓘ typhoidal tularemia ⓘ ulceroglandular tularemia ⓘ |
| hasSynonym |
deer fly fever
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rabbit fever ⓘ |
| incubationPeriod |
range 1 to 14 days
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typically 3 to 5 days ⓘ |
| isConsidered | potential bioterrorism agent ⓘ |
| mortalityWithoutTreatment | can be high in severe forms ⓘ |
| mortalityWithTreatment | generally low ⓘ |
| notTransmittedBy | person-to-person contact ⓘ |
| preventedBy |
avoiding handling of sick or dead wild animals
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use of insect repellent ⓘ using gloves when skinning game animals ⓘ wearing protective clothing ⓘ |
| riskFactor |
laboratory exposure to Francisella tularensis
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landscaping or mowing in endemic areas ⓘ occupational exposure to wildlife ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
contact with infected animals
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deer fly bites ⓘ handling infected animal carcasses ⓘ ingestion of contaminated food or water ⓘ inhalation of contaminated aerosols ⓘ tick bites ⓘ |
| treatedWith |
ciprofloxacin
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doxycycline ⓘ gentamicin ⓘ streptomycin ⓘ |
| typicalReservoir |
beavers
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hares ⓘ muskrats ⓘ rabbits ⓘ rodents ⓘ squirrels ⓘ |
| vector |
deer flies
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ticks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: tularemia Description of subject: Tularemia is a rare but potentially serious infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, which can be transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals, insect bites, or contaminated environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.