Phylogeographical pattern of Francisella tularensis in a nationwide outbreak of tularaemia
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J E Afset1,2, K W Larssen2, K Bergh1,2, A Lärkeryd3, A Sjödin3, A Johansson4, M Forsman ([email protected])3 1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 2. Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Olavs Hospital, University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway 3. Division of CBRN Security and Defence, FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umeå, Sweden 4. Department of Clinical Microbiology, The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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