Evidence of circulation of an epidemic strain of Francisella tularensis in France by multispacer typing

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1135-1138

  Li, W ^a,b   Raoult, D ^a   Rolain, J M ^a   La Scola, B ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; France; Francisella tularensis; Genotyping

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTISPACER TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TULAREMIA;

EID: 80054738032     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1186-1     Document Type: Article

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