Detection of Francisella tularensis in ticks and identification of their genotypes using multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis |
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| Authors: | Fang Zhang Wei Liu Xiao-Ming Wu Zhong-Tao Xin Qiu-Min Zhao Hong Yang Wu-Chun Cao |
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| Affiliation: | (1) State Key Lab of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 20 Dong-Da-Jie Street, Fengtai District, 100071 Beijing, PR China;(2) Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Background Tularemia was reported in China over 50 years ago, however, many epidemical characteristics remain unclear. In the present study, the prevalence of Francisella tularensis in ticks was investigated during an epidemiological surveillance in China and then we measured their genetic diversity by conducting multiple-locus variable- number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA). |
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