Phylogenetic Analysis of Francisella Tularensis Group A.II Isolates from 5 Patients with Tularemia, Arizona, USA, 2015-2017

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2019 Apr 20

PMID 31002053

Citations 3

Authors

Dawn N Birdsell

Hayley Yaglom

Edwin Rodriguez

David M Engelthaler

Matthew Maurer

Marlene Gaither

Jacob Vinocur

Joli Weiss

Joel Terriquez

Kenneth Komatsu

Mary Ellen Ormsby

Marette Gebhardt

Catherine Solomon

Linus Nienstadt

Charles H D Williamson

Jason W Sahl

Paul S Keim

David M Wagner

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Abstract

We examined 5 tularemia cases in Arizona, USA, during 2015-2017. All were caused by Francisella tularensis group A.II. Genetically similar isolates were found across large spatial and temporal distances, suggesting that group A.II strains are dispersed across long distances by wind and exhibit low replication rates in the environment.

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