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Insights to genetic characterization tools for epidemiological tracking of Francisella tularensis in Sweden.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wahab Tara, Birdsell Dawn N, Hjertqvist Marika, Mitchell Cedar L, Wagner David M, Keim Paul S, Hedenström Ingela, Löfdahl Sven
Abstract excerpt
Tularaemia, caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, is endemic in Sweden and is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of three different genetic typing systems to link a genetic type to the source and place of tularemia infection in Sweden. Canonical single nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNPs), MLVA including five variable number of tandem repeat loci and PmeI-PFGE were...
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