Identification of Francisella tularensis cluster in central and western Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2049-2051

  Pilo, Paola ^a   Johansson, Anders ^b,c   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EUROPE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 73949083508     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.080805     Document Type: Article

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