TY - JOUR AU - Pilo, Paola AU - Johansson, Anders AU - Frey, Joachim T1 - Identification of Francisella tularensis Cluster in Central and Western Europe T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 12 SP - 2049 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We conducted a molecular analysis of Francisella tularensis strains isolated in Switzerland and identified a specific subpopulation belonging to a cluster of F. tularensis subsp. holarctica that is widely dispersed in central and western continental Europe. This subpopulation was present before the tularemia epidemics on the Iberian Peninsula. KW - Francisella tularensis KW - Switzerland KW - genetic analysis KW - erythromycin susceptibility KW - bacteria KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1512.080805 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/12/08-0805_article ER - End of Reference