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Avirulence of a spontaneous Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica prmA mutant.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2024
Timofeev Vitalii, Bakhteeva Irina, Titareva Galina, Mironova Raisa, Evseeva Vera, Kravchenko Tatiana, Sizova Angelika, Borzilov Alexander, Pavlovich Natalia, Mokrievich Alexander, Dyatlov Ivan, Vergnaud Gilles
Abstract excerpt
Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, is divided into three subspecies. Two of these, subspecies holarctica and tularensis, are highly pathogenic to humans and consequently relatively well studied. The third subspecies, mediasiatica, is rarely isolated and remains poorly studied. It is distributed in the sparsely populated regions of Central Asia and Siberia. Curently this subspecies is not...
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