title: Evidence of circulation of an epidemic strain of Francisella tularensis in France by multispacer typing.
abstract: Multispacer typing (MST) was used to type ten Francisella tularensis strains detected in French patients. Incorporating 79 Swedish F. tularensis strains, phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that although tularemia appears as a sporadic disease in France, it is caused by an epidemic cluster of strains.
authors: Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Li
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Raoult
authors: J-M
authors: JM
authors: Rolain
authors: B
authors: B
authors: La Scola
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