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Molecular Epidemiology of Francisella tularensis in the United States.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Apr 2009
Kugeler Kiersten J, Mead Paul S, Janusz Aimee M, Staples J Erin, Kubota Kristy A, Chalcraft Linda G, Petersen Jeannine M
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BACKGROUND: In the United States, tularemia is caused by Francisella tularensis subsps. tularensis (type A) and holarctica (type B). Molecular subtyping has further divided type A into 2 subpopulations, A1 and A2. Significant mortality differences were previously identified between human infections caused by A1 (14%), A2 (0%) and type B (7%). To verify these findings and to further define differences among...
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