Worldwide genetic relationships among Francisella tularensis isolates determined by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5808-5818

  Johansson, Anders ^a,b   Farlow, Jason ^c   Larsson, Pär ^b   Dukerich, Meghan ^c   Chambers, Elias ^c   Byström, Mona ^b   Fox, James ^c   Chu, May ^d   Forsman, Mats ^b   Sjöstedt, Anders ^a   Keim, Paul ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLADISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSPECIES; TULAREMIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. HOLARCTICA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4344699881     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5808-5818.2004     Document Type: Article

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