Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2012)

Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica, Europe

  • Miklós Gyuranecz,
  • Dawn N. Birdsell,
  • Wolf Splettstoesser,
  • Erik Seibold,
  • Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg,
  • László Makrai,
  • László Fodor,
  • Massimo Fabbi,
  • Nadia Vicari,
  • Anders Johansson,
  • Joseph D. Busch,
  • Amy J. Vogler,
  • Paul Keim,
  • David M. Wagner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.111305
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 290 – 293

Abstract

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Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates from Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Romania were placed into an existing phylogeographic framework. Isolates from Italy were assigned to phylogenetic group B.FTNF002–00; the other isolates, to group B.13. Most F. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates from Europe belong to these 2 geographically segregated groups.

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