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. 2013:2013:916985.
doi: 10.1155/2013/916985. Epub 2013 Sep 2.

Indigenous Infection with Francisella tularensis holarctica in The Netherlands

Boulos Maraha  1 , Gerhard Hajer, Andreas Sjödin, Mats Forsman, Armand Paauw, Guus Roeselers, Ellen Verspui, Ine Frenay, Daan Notermans, Maaike de Vries, Frans Reubsaet
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Indigenous Infection with Francisella tularensis holarctica in The Netherlands

Boulos Maraha et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2013.

Abstract

We report here the first case of indigenous tularemia detected in The Netherlands, a nonendemic country, since 1953. Whole genome DNA sequence analysis assigned the isolate BD11-00177 to the genomic group B.FTNF002-00, which previously has been exclusively reported from Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. The patient had not been abroad for years, which implies that this is an indigenous infection. The current case might predict an upcoming distribution of Francisella tularensis holarctica genomic group B.FTNF002-00 in Europe.

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Figure 1
Evolutionary relationships of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica strain BD11-00177. The new isolate, BD11-00177, from The Netherlands belongs to the FTNF002-00 genomic group.
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