TY - JOUR AU - Jackson, Justin AU - McGregor, Alistair AU - Cooley, Louise AU - Ng, Jimmy AU - Brown, Mitchell AU - Ong, Chong Wei AU - Darcy, Catharine AU - Sintchenko, Vitali T1 - Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica, Tasmania, Australia, 2011 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 9 SP - 1484 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a case of ulceroglandular tularemia that developed in a woman after she was bitten by a ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in a forest in Tasmania, Australia. Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica was identified. This case indicates the emergence of F. tularensis type B in the Southern Hemisphere. KW - Francisella tularensis KW - holarctica KW - possum KW - opossum ulceroglandular KW - tularemia KW - Australia KW - molecular detection KW - bacteria KW - antimicrobial drugs KW - Francisella tularensis subtype holarctica KW - opossum KW - marsupial KW - ulceroglandular DO - 10.3201/eid1809.111856 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/9/11-1856_article ER - End of Reference