Infection Control Today [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences] - A longer description of the previous paper on the workings of Francisella Tularemia from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

News Wise [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences] - A new study found that an extremely infectious pneumonia-like disease in humans slips through the immune system’s usual defense mechanisms.The bacterium at fault, Francisella tularensis, causes the disease tularemia.

Scripps Howard - The University of New Mexico is leading an effort to create a vaccine for tularemia.

Washington Post - Area health officials were not notified for five days that sensors on the Mall had detected a potentially dangerous bacterium there last month because subsequent tests were not conclusively positive.

Washington Post - A week after six bioterrorism sensors detected the presence of Francisella Tularemia on the Mall, health officials said there are no reports that any of the thousands of people in the nation's capital Sept. 24 have tularemia, the illness that results from exposure to the bacteria.