Metapopulation structure for perpetuation of Francisella tularensis tularensis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Goethert, Heidi K ^a   Saviet, Benjamin ^a   Telford III, Sam R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; TICK; TULAREMIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MASSACHUSETTS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 68849113436     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-147     Document Type: Article

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