Molecular investigation of tularemia outbreaks, Spain, 1997-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 754-761

  Ariza Miguel, Jaime ^a   Johansson, Anders ^b   Fernández Natal, María Isabel ^c   Martínez Nistal, Carmen ^d   Orduña, Antonio ^e   Rodríguez Ferri, Elías F ^f   Hernández, Marta ^a   Rodríguez Lázaro, David ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León   (Spain)

^d Laboratorio Regional de Sanidad Animal León   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN; TULAREMIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPAIN; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84898844664     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2005.130654     Document Type: Article

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