Phylogeographical pattern of Francisella tularensis in a nationwide outbreak of tularaemia in Norway, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2015, Pages

  Afset, J E ^a   Larssen, K W ^b   Bergh, K ^a,b   Larkeryd A ^c   Sjodin A ^c   Johansson, A ^d   Forsman, M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEASON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; TULAREMIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84929439240     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.19.21125     Document Type: Article

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