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

Mona Byström; Sidsel Böcher; Anna Magnusson; Jørgen Prag; Anders Johansson

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.10.5355-5358.2005

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

Mona Byström, Sidsel Böcher, Anna Magnusson, Jørgen Prag, Anders Johansson

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	43
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	5355-8
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0095-1137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.10.5355-5358.2005
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

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

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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. / Byström, Mona; Böcher, Sidsel; Magnusson, Anna et al.
In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol. 43, No. 10, 10.2005, p. 5355-8.

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Byström, M, Böcher, S, Magnusson, A, Prag, J & Johansson, A 2005, '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', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 5355-8. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.10.5355-5358.2005

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