Francisella tularensisin Rodents, China

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1206.051324
• Publication Date: 2012-01-05T11:01:56Z
• Authors: Fang Zhang; Wei Liu; May C. Chu; Jun He; Qing Duan; Xiao-Ming Wu; Pan-He Zhang; Qiu-Min Zhao; Hong Yang; Zhong-Tao Xin; Wu-Chun Cao
• Keywords: DNA, Bacterial; China; 0303 health sciences; R; Dispatch; dispatch; Rodentia; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Polymerase Chain Reaction; tularemia; 3. Good health; Rodent Diseases; 03 medical and health sciences; PCR; rodents; Prevalence; Medicine; Animals; Francisella tularensis; Tularemia

A total of 420 rodents in China were examined for Francisella tularensis by polymerase chain reaction. The infection rates were 4.76% in total, and 11.65%, 10.00%, 6.56%, 1.77%, and 0% in Jilin, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Zhejiang, respectively. Sequence analysis showed that all the detected agents belonged to F. tularensis subsp. holarctica.