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Hare-to-human transmission of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica, Germany.


ABSTRACT: In November 2012, a group of 7 persons who participated in a hare hunt in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, acquired tularemia. Two F. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates were cultivated from human and hare biopsy material. Both isolates belonged to the FTN002-00 genetic subclade (derived for single nucleotide polymorphisms B.10 and B.18), thus indicating likely hare-to-human transmission.

SUBMITTER: Otto P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285259 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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