Francisella tularensis in Rodents, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 994-996

  Zhang, Fang ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Chu, May C ^b   He, Jun ^a   Duan, Qing ^a   Wu, Xiao Ming ^a   Zhang, Pan He ^a   Zhao, Qiu Min ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Xin, Zhong Tao ^c   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744899109     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1206.051324     Document Type: Article

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