title: Hare-to-human transmission of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica, Germany.
abstract: In November 2012, a group of 7 persons who participated in a hare hunt in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, acquired tularemia. Two F. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates were cultivated from human and hare biopsy material. Both isolates belonged to the FTN002-00 genetic subclade (derived for single nucleotide polymorphisms B.10 and B.18), thus indicating likely hare-to-human transmission.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: Rebekka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kohlmann
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Julich
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Geis
authors.forename: Sören G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gatermann
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Peter Johannes
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Edvin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forsman
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Myrtennäs
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomaso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005858:Germany; D034621:Hares / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014406:Tularemia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses