Ticks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human
infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred environmental conditions …

Tularaemia is a zoonotic bacterial disease of the Northern hemisphere. The causative agent,
Francisella tularensis, is spread to humans by direct contact with infected rodents or …

Rapid, multiplexed, sensitive and specific molecular detection is of great demand in gene
profiling, drug screening, clinical diagnostics and environmental analysis,,. One of the major …

Ticks are obligate haematophagous acarines that parasitise every class of vertebrate
(including man) and have a worldwide distribution. An increasing awareness of tick-borne …

Tularemia is the zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative coccobacillus Francisella
tularensis. Its wide distribution in the environment poses a challenge for understanding the …

Francisella tularensis is a potent pathogen and a cause of severe human disease. The
outcome of tularemia will depend on rapid insertion of appropriate antibiotics. Until recently …

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the coccobacillus F. tularensis. Small epidemics
and sporadic cases were seen around Bursa since November 1988. In this study, a total of …

Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative coccobacillus and the etiologic agent of the
zoonotic disease tularemia. First described in 1911 in Tulare County, California, it has since …

Following detection of putative Francisella species in aerosol samples from Houston, Texas,
we surveyed soil and water samples from the area for the agent of tularemia, Francisella …

Bacterial endosymbionts with significant homology to Francisella tularensis (γ-
proteobacteria) have been described from at least five species of ticks in three different …