Landscape epidemiology of tularemia outbreaks in Sweden

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1937-1947

  Svensson, Kerstin ^a,b   Bäck, Erik ^c   Eliasson, Henrik ^c   Berglund, Lennart ^d   Granberg, Malin ^a   Karlsson, Linda ^a   Larsson, Pär ^a   Forsman, Mats ^a   Johansson, Anders ^a,b,e  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Ljusdal Healthcare Centre   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TULAREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 73949155815     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090487     Document Type: Article

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