Experimental infection of voles with Francisella tularensis indicates their amplification role in tularemia outbreaks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Rossow, Heidi ^a   Forbes, Kristian M ^b,e   Tarkka, Eveliina ^c   Kinnunen, Paula M ^d,h   Hemmilä, Heidi ^d   Huitu, Otso ^e   Nikkari, Simo ^d   Henttonen, Heikki ^e   Kipar, Anja ^a,f,i   Vapalahti, Olli ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h Plans and Policy Division Defence Command Finland Finnish Defence Forces   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE NECROSIS; TULAREMIA; WILD SPECIES; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MURIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84907494531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108864     Document Type: Article

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