TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Fang AU - Liu, Wei AU - Chu, May AU - He, Jun AU - Duan, Qing AU - Wu, Xiao-Ming AU - Zhang, Pan-He AU - Zhao, Qiu-Min AU - Yang, Hong AU - Xin, Zhong-Tao AU - Cao, Wu-Chun T1 - Francisella tularensis in Rodents, China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 994 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A total of 420 rodents in China were examined for Francisella tularensis by polymerase chain reaction. The infection rates were 4.76% in total, and 11.65%, 10.00%, 6.56%, 1.77%, and 0% in Jilin, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Zhejiang, respectively. Sequence analysis showed that all the detected agents belonged to F. tularensis subsp. holarctica. KW - Francisella tularensis KW - tularemia KW - PCR KW - rodents KW - China KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1206.051324 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/05-1324_article ER - End of Reference