TY - JOUR
AU - Eden, John-Sebastian
AU - Rose, Karrie
AU - Ng, Jimmy
AU - Shi, Mang
AU - Wang, Qinning
AU - Sintchenko, Vitali
AU - Holmes, Edward
T1 - Francisella tularensis ssp. holarctica in Ringtail Possums, Australia
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2017
VL - 23
IS - 7
SP - 1198
SN - 1080-6059
AB - The occurrence of Francisella tularensis outside of endemic areas, such as North America and Eurasia, has been enigmatic. We report the metagenomic discovery and isolation of F. tularensis ssp. holarctica biovar japonica from diseased ringtail possums in Sydney, Australia. This finding confirms the presence of F. tularensis in the Southern Hemisphere.
KW - tularemia
KW - Francisella tularensis
KW - ringtail possum
KW - Pseudocheirus peregrinus
KW - Australia
KW - metagenomics
KW - next-generation sequencing
DO - 10.3201/eid2307.161863
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/7/16-1863_article
ER - End of Reference