Identification of Francisella tularensis cluster in central and western Europe.
We conducted a molecular analysis of Francisella tularensis strains isolated in Switzerland and identified a specific subpopulation belonging to a cluster of F. tularensis subsp. holarctica that is widely dispersed in central and western continental Europe. This subpopulation was present before the tularemia epidemics on the Iberian Peninsula.
Pilo
Paola
P
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Johansson
Anders
A
Frey
Joachim
J
D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005060:Europe; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction