Tularemia is a geographically widespread, severely debilitating, and occasionally lethal
disease in humans. It is caused by infection by a gram-negative bacterium, Francisella …

Background Francisella tularensis is the etiologic agent of tularemia and is classified as a
select agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently four known …

Francisella tularensis is one of the most virulent bacteria known and a Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Category A select agent. It is able to infect a variety of animals and …

Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, is in the top category (category A) of
potential agents of bioterrorism. The F. tularensis live vaccine strain (LVS) is the only …

Francisella tularensis, the highly virulent etiologic agent of tularemia, is a low-dose
intracellular pathogen that is able to escape from the phagosome and replicate in the …

Francisella tularensis can cause fatal respiratory tularemia in humans and animals and is
increasingly being isolated in the United States and several European countries. The …

The tularemia-causing bacterium Francisella tularensis is a facultative intracellular organism
with a complex intracellular lifecycle that ensures its survival and proliferation in a variety of …

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the facultative intracellular bacterium Francisella
tularensis. This microorganism can infect a plethora of animal species and its ecology is …

Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative bacterium capable of causing the zoonotic disease
tularaemia in a large number of mammalian species and in arthropods. F. tularensis is a …

Francisella tularensis subspecies tularensis (type A) and holarctica (type B) are of clinical
importance in causing tularemia. Molecular typing methods have further separated type A …