title: [Gene typing of infectious tularemia strains isolated from the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories].
abstract: The typing of F. tularensis strains by four variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) loci has been carried out. Among the strains isolated in the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories seven genotypes have been detected and their spread in different natural foci has been analyzed. The data thus obtained suggest that the VNTR analysis may become an important instrument for studying the structure of the natural foci of tularemia and evolutionary relationships between individual areas of these foci.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Plague Control, Stavropol.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Briukhanov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Antonov
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Eremenko
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Grizhebovskiĭ
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Tikhenko
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Degtiaeva
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Levchenko
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Malaĭ
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Liamkin
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D012426:Russia; D014406:Tularemia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial