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Genetic diversity of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica strains isolated in Japan.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 May 2008
Fujita Osamu, Uda Akihiko, Hotta Akitoyo, Okutani Akiko, Inoue Satoshi, Tanabayashi Kiyoshi, Yamada Akio
Abstract excerpt
The recently developed MLVA has high discriminatory power for the typing of individual strains or isolates of Francisella tularensis. In the present study, MLVA was applied to 33 Japanese F. tularensis subspecies holarctica strains to examine the genetic diversity of F. tularensis isolated. Among the seven VNTR loci analyzed, Ft-M2, Ft-M10, and Ft-M20 loci showed high genetic polymorphism in Japanese strains,...
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