Volume 20, Number 5—May 2014
Research
Molecular Investigation of Tularemia Outbreaks, Spain, 1997–2008
Table
Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis of 98 Francisella tularensis isolates from Spain and 11 reference isolates*
MLVA genotype | No. isolates (origin) | No. MLVA markers that discriminated F. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates |
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Ft-M3 | Ft-M6 | Ft-M9 | Ft-M20 | Ft-M24† | ||
A | 49 (Spain) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
B | 32 (Spain) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
C | 9 (Spain) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
D | 3 (Spain) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
E | 2 (Spain) | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
F | 1 (Spain) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
G | 1 (Spain) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
H | 1 (Spain) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 (∆16 bp) |
I | 4 (former Czechoslovakia) | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
J | 2 (Czech Republic) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
K | 2 (Czech Republic) | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
L | 1 (former Czechoslovakia) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
M | 1 (Czech Republic) | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
N‡ | 1 (United States) | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
*MLVA, multilocus variable number tandem repeat.
†All isolates from Spain had the unique 16-bp deletion at marker FT-M24 that is characteristic of genetic subclade B.Br:FTNF002–00 (Iberian clone).
‡Genotype N, F. tularensis subsp. tularensis strain Schu, showed additional unique alleles at the following MLVA markers: Ft-M5, Ft-M7, Ft-M8, Ft-M10, Ft-M13, Ft-M16, Ft-M19, Ft-M21, Ft-M22, and Ft-M23.