@article{b68ee3fbaa8f4a6eb59eecde305a047c,
title = "Tularemia in Denmark: identification of a Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica strain by real-time PCR and high-resolution typing by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis",
abstract = "We report ulceroglandular tularemia affecting an 8-year-old boy and the first recovery of Francisella tularensis in Denmark. A novel real-time PCR assay was used to identify the strain as F. tularensis subsp. holarctica (type B). Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis demonstrated a close genetic relationship to strains from Norway.",
keywords = "Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Sequence, Child, Cluster Analysis, DNA, Bacterial/analysis, Denmark, Francisella tularensis/classification, Humans, Male, Minisatellite Repeats/genetics, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods, Tularemia/diagnosis",
author = "Mona Bystr{\"o}m and Sidsel B{\"o}cher and Anna Magnusson and J{\o}rgen Prag and Anders Johansson",
year = "2005",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1128/JCM.43.10.5355-5358.2005",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
pages = "5355--8",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "10",
}