Francisella tularensis, a category A bioterrorism agent, is a highly infectious organism that is
passed on via skin contact and inhalation routes. A live attenuated vaccine strain (LVS) has …

Francisella tularensis, the etiological agent of tularemia, is one of the most infectious
bacterial pathogens known. No vaccine is currently approved for public use. Previously, we …

Francisella tularensis is the etiologic agent of tularemia and a Tier I Select Agent.
Subspecies tularensis (Type A) is the most virulent of the four subspecies and inhalation of …

Francisella tularensis is a Gram negative intracellular pathogen that causes the highly
debilitating or fatal disease tularemia. F. tularensis can infect a wide range of animals and …

Francisella tularensis is an intracellular, Gram-negative bacterium that causes the fatal
disease tularemia. Currently, there are no licensed vaccines for tularemia and the …

Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, is a gram-negative facultative
intracellular bacterium. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 is considered to be critical for inducing host …

Francisella tularensis LVS is an effective live vaccine strain used for cutaneous vaccination
against tularemia in man. In mice, injection of LVS causes invasive disease and subsequent …

Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative bacterium that causes the zoonotic disease
tularemia. Francisella is highly infectious via the respiratory route (~ 10 CFUs) and …

Tularemia is an endemic zoonotic infection caused by Francisella tularensis, which primarily
causes infection in humans who have handled contaminated animal tissue or have been …

We previously identified potential correlates of vaccine-induced protection against
Francisella tularensis using murine splenocytes and further demonstrated that the relative …