Molecular epidemiology, evolution, and ecology of Francisella

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1105, Issue , 2007, Pages 30-66

  Keim, Paul ^a   Johansson, Anders ^b,c   Wagner, David M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecology; Evolution; Francisella; Genetic systematics; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Typing

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CILIATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FISH; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOIL; SUBSPECIES; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; TICK; TULAREMIA; ANIMAL; ART; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FRANCISELLA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. HOLARCTICA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. TULARENSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FRANCISELLA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PORTRAITS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34748915252     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1409.011     Document Type: Review

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