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Pathogenicity and virulence of Francisella tularensis [PDF]

Virulence, 2023
Tularaemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium, Francisella tularensis. Depending on its entry route into the organism, F.
Manon Degabriel, Stanimira Valeva, Sandrine Boisset, Thomas Henry   +3 more
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Regulation of Francisella tularensis Virulence [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2011
Francisella tularensis is one of the most virulent bacteria known and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category A select agent. It is able to infect a variety of animals and insects and can persist in the environment, thus Francisella spp ...
Shipan eDai, Nrusingh P Mohapatra, Larry S Schlesinger, Larry S Schlesinger, Larry S Schlesinger, John S Gunn, John S Gunn, John S Gunn   +7 more
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Identification of Francisella tularensis Subspecies in a Clinical Setting Using MALDI-TOF MS: An In-House Francisella Library and Biomarkers

Microorganisms, 2023
Francisella tularensis is a zoonotic bacterium that is endemic in large parts of the world. It is absent in the standard library of the most applied matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) systems: the ...
Maaike C. de Vries, B. J. A. Hoeve-Bakker, Maaike J. C. van den Beld, Amber C. A. Hendriks, Airien S. D. Harpal, Ramón C. E. A. Noomen, Frans A. G. Reubsaet   +6 more
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Comparative Transcriptional Analyses of Francisella tularensis and Francisella novicida. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Francisella tularensis is composed of a number of subspecies with varied geographic distribution, host ranges, and virulence. In view of these marked differences, comparative functional genomics may elucidate some of the molecular mechanism(s) behind ...
Siva T Sarva, Robert H Waldo, Robert J Belland, Karl E Klose   +3 more
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Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica and Tularemia in Germany

Microorganisms, 2020
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis a small, pleomorphic, facultative intracellular bacterium. In Europe, infections in animals and humans are caused mainly by Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica.
Sandra Appelt, Mirko Faber, Kristin Köppen, Daniela Jacob, Roland Grunow, Klaus Heuner   +5 more
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Prosthetic joint infection as an unusual presentation of Francisella tularensis causing exposure of laboratory personnel [PDF]

IDCases
Background: Infections with Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis (type A) is highly virulent with mortality up to 30 % in untreated cases. Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica (type B) is both less infectious and virulent.
Huma Aftab, Aoife Ronayne, Anders El-Galaly, Camilla Foged, Kristian Schønning   +4 more
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Presence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica DNA in the Aquatic Environment in France

Microorganisms, 2021
In 2018, the incidence of tularemia increased twofold in the west of France, with many pneumonic forms, suggesting environmental sources of infection. We investigated the presence of Francisellatularensis subsp.
Camille D. Brunet, Aurélie Hennebique, Julien Peyroux, Isabelle Pelloux, Yvan Caspar, Max Maurin   +5 more
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Genetic Manipulation of Francisella Tularensis [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2011
Francisella tularensis is a facultative intracellular pathogen that causes the disease tularemia. F. tularensis subsp. tularensis causes the most severe disease in humans and has been classified as a Category A select agent and potential bioweapon.
Zogaj, Xhavit, Klose, Karl E.
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Functional characterization of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica genotypes during tick cell and macrophage infections using a proteogenomic approach [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Tularemia is a vector-borne disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. Known hosts and vectors in Europe are hare and ticks. F.
Sara Doina Schütz, Sara Doina Schütz, Sara Doina Schütz, Maximilian Brackmann, Nicole Liechti, Michel Moser, Matthias Wittwer, Rémy Bruggmann   +7 more
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Assessment of Diagnostic Efficiency of PCR Kits «Gen Francisella tularensis - REF» and «Gen Francisella tularensis - RGF» when Analyzing Biological Samples from Animals with Experimental Tularemia

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2016
Objective of the study is to assess diagnostic efficiency of PCR kits «Gen Francisella tularensis - REF» and «Gen Francisella tularensis - RGF», when performing analysis of biological samples from animals with experimental tularemia, as compared to other
A. M. Senichkina, N. A. Osina, A. S. Abdrashitova, V. G. Germanchuk   +3 more
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