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An outbreak of respiratory tularemia caused by diverse clones of Francisella tularensis
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- Johansson, Anders (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för klinisk mikrobiologi,Molekylär Infektionsmedicin, Sverige (MIMS)
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Lärkeryd, Adrian (author)
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- Widerström, Micael (author)
- Umeå universitet,Klinisk bakteriologi
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Mörtberg, Sara (author)
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Myrtännäs, Kerstin (author)
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Ohrman, Caroline (author)
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Birdsell, Dawn (author)
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Keim, Paul (author)
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Wagner, David M (author)
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Forsman, Mats (author)
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Larsson, Pär (author)
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- 2014-08-05
- 2014
- English.
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In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1058-4838 .- 1537-6591. ; 59:11, s. 1546-53
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- BACKGROUND: The bacterium Francisella tularensis is recognized for its virulence, infectivity, genetic homogeneity, and potential as a bioterrorism agent. Outbreaks of respiratory tularemia, caused by inhalation of this bacterium, are poorly understood. Such outbreaks are exceedingly rare, and F. tularensis is seldom recovered from clinical specimens.METHODS: A localized outbreak of tularemia in Sweden was investigated. Sixty-seven humans contracted laboratory-verified respiratory tularemia. F. tularensis subspecies holarctica was isolated from the blood or pleural fluid of 10 individuals from July to September 2010. Using whole-genome sequencing and analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), outbreak isolates were compared with 110 archived global isolates.RESULTS: There were 757 SNPs among the genomes of the 10 outbreak isolates and the 25 most closely related archival isolates (all from Sweden/Finland). Whole genomes of outbreak isolates were >99.9% similar at the nucleotide level and clustered into 3 distinct genetic clades. Unexpectedly, high-sequence similarity grouped some outbreak and archival isolates that originated from patients from different geographic regions and up to 10 years apart. Outbreak and archival genomes frequently differed by only 1-3 of 1 585 229 examined nucleotides.CONCLUSIONS: The outbreak was caused by diverse clones of F. tularensis that occurred concomitantly, were widespread, and apparently persisted in the environment. Multiple independent acquisitions of F. tularensis from the environment over a short time period suggest that natural outbreaks of respiratory tularemia are triggered by environmental cues. The findings additionally caution against interpreting genome sequence identity for this pathogen as proof of a direct epidemiological link.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- bacterial infections
- tularemia
- Francisella tularensis
- epidemiology
- genomics
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Ohrman, Caroline
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Birdsell, Dawn
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Keim, Paul
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Wagner, David M
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Forsman, Mats
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Larsson, Pär
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