Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica in Stranded Beluga Whales, Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA

Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica in Stranded Beluga Whales, Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA

We report fatal tularemia in stranded beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA. Francisella tularensis was detected by nanopore metagenomics, confirmed by quantitative PCR and immunohistochemistry, and characterized as F. tularensis subspecies holarctica by multilocus sequence typing. Our findings...

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Main Authors: Natalie Rouse, Jeremy Buttler, Kristy Pabilonia, Christina Weller, Laurel Respicio-Kingry, Elizabeth Dietrich, Jeannine Petersen, Ganna Kovalenko, Eric Bortz, Kathy Burek Huntington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tularemia
bacteria
Francisella tularensis
holarctica
beluga whale
marine mammal
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/6/25-0033_article
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