{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Muhammad J"],"funding":["Defense Threat Reduction Agency"],"pubmed_abstract":["Tularemia is an endemic zoonotic disease in many parts of the world including Asia. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine genome-based prevalence of <i>Francisella tularensis</i> (<i>Ft</i>) in soil, assess an association between its occurrence in soil and likely predictors i.e., macro and micro-nutrients and several categorical variables, and determine seroconversion in small and large ruminants. The study included a total of 2,280 soil samples representing 456 villages in eight districts of the Punjab Province of Pakistan followed by an analysis of serum antibodies in 707 ruminants. The genome of <i>Ft</i> was detected in 3.25% (<i>n</i> = 74, 95% CI: 2.60-4.06) of soil samples. Soluble salts (OR: 1.276, 95% CI: 1.043-1.562, <i>p</i> = 0.015), Ni (OR: 2.910, 95%CI: 0.795-10."],"journal":["Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology"],"pagination":["89"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6460113"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Cross Sectional Study and Risk Factors Analysis of <i>Francisella tularensis</i> in Soil Samples in Punjab Province of Pakistan."],"pmcid":["PMC6460113"],"pubmed_authors":["Haisem-Ur-Rasool M","Nisar M","Ul Hassnain Z","Abbas T","Jamil T","Chaudhry HR","Muhammad J","Muhammad K","Jayarao BM","Shabbir MZ","Kirimanjeswara GS","Chaudhry MH","Ali MA","Ghori MT","Rabbani M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cross Sectional Study and Risk Factors Analysis of <i>Francisella tularensis</i> in Soil Samples in Punjab Province of Pakistan.","description":"Tularemia is an endemic zoonotic disease in many parts of the world including Asia. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine genome-based prevalence of <i>Francisella tularensis</i> (<i>Ft</i>) in soil, assess an association between its occurrence in soil and likely predictors i.e., macro and micro-nutrients and several categorical variables, and determine seroconversion in small and large ruminants. The study included a total of 2,280 soil samples representing 456 villages in eight districts of the Punjab Province of Pakistan followed by an analysis of serum antibodies in 707 ruminants. The genome of <i>Ft</i> was detected in 3.25% (<i>n</i> = 74, 95% CI: 2.60-4.06) of soil samples. Soluble salts (OR: 1.276, 95% CI: 1.043-1.562, <i>p</i> = 0.015), Ni (OR: 2.910, 95%CI: 0.795-10.","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2025-06-01T03:57:37.262Z","creation":"2025-06-01T03:57:37.262Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6460113","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31024860"],"doi":["10.3389/fcimb.2019.00089"]}}