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.
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【저자키워드】 zoonoses, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Francisella, tularemia, Francisella tularensis subsp.holarctica , hare, European brown hare, Lepus europaeus,
【저자키워드】 zoonoses, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Francisella, tularemia, Francisella tularensis subsp.