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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research

Francisella tularensis Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation, 20171

Christina A. NelsonComments to Author , Christian Murua, Jefferson M. Jones, Kelli Mohler, Ying Zhang, Landon Wiggins, Natalie A. Kwit2, Laurel Respicio-Kingry, Luke C. Kingry, Jeannine M. Petersen, Jennifer Brown, Saima Aslam, Melissa Krafft, Shadaba Asad, Hikmat N. Dagher, John Ham, Luis H. Medina-Garcia, Kevin Burns, Walter E. Kelley, Alison F. Hinckley, Pallavi Annambhotla, Karen Carifo, Anthony Gonzalez, Elizabeth Helsel, Joseph Iser, Michael Johnson, Curtis L. Fritz, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, and the Tularemia in Transplant Recipients Investigation Team
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (C.A. Nelson, N.A. Kwit, L. Respicio-Kingry, L.C. Kingry, J.M. Petersen, A.F. Hinckley); Southern Nevada Health District, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (C. Murua, Y. Zhang, K. Carifo, J. Iser, M. Johnson); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.M. Jones, P. Annambhotla, S.V. Basavaraju); Phoenix Area Indian Health Service, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (K. Mohler, L. Wiggins, E. Helsel); University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA (J. Brown); University of California, San Diego, California, USA (S. Aslam, M. Krafft); University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas (S. Asad, J. Ham, L.H. Medina-Garcia); Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas (H.N. Dagher); Nevada Donor Network, Las Vegas (K. Burns); American Red Cross, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (W.E. Kelley); University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA (W.E. Kelley); Sacramento County Public Health Laboratory, Sacramento (A. Gonzalez); California Department of Public Health, Sacramento (C.L. Fritz)

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Figure 3

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and whole-genome multilocus sequence typing (wgMLST) comparisons of Francisella tularensis A2 strains. PFGE banding patterns and PFGE and wgMLST cluster analysis are shown for isolates from the organ donor and kidney recipients in relation to the F. tularensis A2 reference (strain WY96-3418). Dendrograms indicate percentage strain similarity for PmeI PFGE (left) and wgMLST (right).

Figure 3. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and whole-genome multilocus sequence typing (wgMLST) comparisons of Francisella tularensis A2 strains. PFGE banding patterns and PFGE and wgMLST cluster analysis are shown for isolates from the organ donor and kidney recipients in relation to the F. tularensis A2 reference (strain WY96-3418). Dendrograms indicate percentage strain similarity for PmeI PFGE (left) and wgMLST (right).

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1Results from this investigation were presented at the 9th International Conference on Tularemia; October 16–19, 2018; Montreal, Québec, Canada.

2Current affiliation: Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vermont, USA.

3Members of the team are listed at the end of this article.

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