Russian isolates enlarge the known geographic diversity of Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica.

Francisella tularensis, a small Gram-negative bacterium, is capable of infecting a wide range of animals, including humans, and causes a plague-like disease called tularemia-a highly contagious disease with a high mortality rate. Because of these characteristics, F. tularensis is considered a potent...

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Main Authors: Vitalii Timofeev, Irina Bakhteeva, Galina Titareva, Pavel Kopylov, David Christiany, Alexander Mokrievich, Ivan Dyatlov, Gilles Vergnaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183714&type=printable
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