Tularaemia, caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, is endemic in Sweden and is
poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of three different …

Background: Finland repeatedly reports some of the highest incidences of tularaemia
worldwide. To determine genetic diversity of the aetiologic agent of tularaemia, Francisella …

Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of the zoonotic disease tularemia. In Germany,
most human infections are caused by contact with infected hares. The aim of this study was …

Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularemia, a zoonotic disease with a wide
host range. F. tularensis ssp. holarctica (Fth) is of clinical relevance for European countries …

A robust, rapid and flexible real-time PCR assay for hierarchical genetic typing of clinical
and environmental isolates of Francisella is presented. Typing markers were found by …

Sequence-based typing of Francisella tularensis has led to insights in the evolutionary
developments of tularemia. In Europe, two major basal clades of F. tularensis subsp …

In 2011, a nationwide outbreak of tularaemia occurred in Norway with 180 recorded cases. It
was associated with the largest peak in lemming density seen in 40 years. Francisella …

Tularemia is primarily caused by two subspecies of Francisella tularensis worldwide, ssp.
tularensis (type A) and ssp. holarctica (type B), which were originally delineated by …

For many infections transmitting to humans from reservoirs in nature, disease dispersal
patterns over space and time are largely unknown. Here, a reversed genomics approach …

Francisella tularensis, the etiologic agent of tularemia and a Class A Select Agent, is divided
into three subspecies and multiple subpopulations that differ in virulence and geographic …