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Water as Source of Francisella tularensis Infection in Humans, Turkey.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2015
Kilic Selcuk, Birdsell Dawn N, Karagöz Alper, Çelebi Bekir, Bakkaloglu Zekiye, Arikan Muzaffer, Sahl Jason W, Mitchell Cedar, Rivera Andrew, Maltinsky Sara, Keim Paul, Üstek Duran, Durmaz Rıza, Wagner David M
Abstract excerpt
Francisella tularensis DNA extractions and isolates from the environment and humans were genetically characterized to elucidate environmental sources that cause human tularemia in Turkey. Extensive genetic diversity consistent with genotypes from human outbreaks was identified in environmental samples and confirmed water as a source of human tularemia in Turkey.
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