Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Research
Epidemiologic and Molecular Analysis of Human Tularemia, United States, 1964–2004
J. Erin Staples*†1, Kristy A. Kubota*1, Linda G. Chalcraft*, Paul S. Mead*, and Jeannine M. Petersen*
Table 1
Number of type A and type B Francisella tularensis isolates, United States, 1964–2004*
| State | Type A | Type B | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Arizona | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| California | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Colorado | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| Delaware | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Idaho | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Illinois | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Indiana | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Iowa | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Kansas | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Maine | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Maryland | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Michigan | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Missouri | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Montana | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Nevada | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| New York | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Ohio | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| Oregon | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Dakota | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Texas | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Utah | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Virginia | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Washington | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Wyoming | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Unknown | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 208 | 108 | 316 |
*Submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
