title: Francisella tularensis in rodents, China.
abstract: A total of 420 rodents in China were examined for Francisella tularensis by polymerase chain reaction. The infection rates were 4.76% in total, and 11.65%, 10.00%, 6.56%, 1.77%, and 0% in Jilin, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Zhejiang, respectively. Sequence analysis showed that all the detected agents belonged to F. tularensis subsp. holarctica.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: May C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Xiao-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Pan-He
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiu-Min
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhong-Tao
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Wu-Chun
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012377:Rodentia; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial