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