Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Svensson K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3044527 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Svensson Kerstin K Bäck Erik E Eliasson Henrik H Berglund Lennart L Granberg Malin M Karlsson Linda L Larsson Pär P Forsman Mats M Johansson Anders A
Emerging infectious diseases 20091201 12
Summer outbreaks of tularemia that occurred from 1995 through 2005 in 2 locations in Sweden affected 441 persons. We performed an epidemiologic investigation of these outbreaks using a novel strategy, involving high-resolution genotyping of Francisella tularensis isolates obtained from 136 patients (using 18 genetic markers developed from 6 F. tularensis genome sequences) and interviews with the patients. Strong spatial associations were found between F. tularensis subpopulations and the places ...[more]