Francisella tularensis bacteria associated with feline tularemia in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2068-2071

  Larson, Marilynn A ^a   Fey, Paul D ^a   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a   Iwen, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TULAREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922901130     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2012.131101     Document Type: Article

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