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Francisella tularensis strain typing using multiple-locus, variable-number tandem repeat analysis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2001
Farlow J, Smith K L, Wong J, Abrams M, Lytle M, Keim P
Abstract excerpt
Francisella tularensis, the etiological agent of tularemia, is found throughout the Northern hemisphere. After analyzing the F. tularensis genomic sequence for potential variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs), we developed a multilocus VNTR analysis (MLVA) typing system for this pathogen. Variation was detected at six VNTR loci in a set of 56 isolates from California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Oregon and the F....
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