Sentence:  Agents that are known to cause frequent infections among laboratory workers such as those causing Q fever , <WSD>tularemia</WSD> , brucellosis , glanders , coccidioidomycosis , etc. , belong in this category . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals