The phylogeographic pattern of Francisella tularensis in Sweden indicates a Scandinavian origin of Eurosiberian tularaemia

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 634-645

  Karlsson, Edvin ^a   Svensson, Kerstin ^a   Lindgren, Petter ^a   Byström, Mona ^a   Sjödin, Andreas ^a   Forsman, Mats ^a   Johansson, Anders ^b  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; TIME; TULAREMIA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TULAREMIA;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 84873112580     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12052     Document Type: Article

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