Tularemia in Denmark: identification of a Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica strain by real-time PCR and high-resolution typing by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis
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We report ulceroglandular tularemia affecting an 8-year-old boy and the first recovery of Francisella tularensis in Denmark. A novel real-time PCR assay was used to identify the strain as F. tularensis subsp. holarctica (type B). Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis demonstrated a close genetic relationship to strains from Norway.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Pages (from-to) | 5355-8 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 0095-1137 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2005 |
- Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Sequence, Child, Cluster Analysis, DNA, Bacterial/analysis, Denmark, Francisella tularensis/classification, Humans, Male, Minisatellite Repeats/genetics, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods, Tularemia/diagnosis
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