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| Jeannine M PetersenSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Francisella tularensis: an arthropod-borne pathogenJeannine M Petersen
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Disease, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ft Collins, CO 80521, USA
Vet Res 40:7. 2009..This review will focus on arthropod transmission to humans with respect to vector species, modes of transmission, geographic differences and F. tularensis subspecies and clades...
Direct isolation of Francisella spp. from environmental samplesJ M Petersen
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
Lett Appl Microbiol 48:663-7. 2009..To develop a selective medium for isolation of F. tularensis, F. novicida and F. philomiragia from environmental samples...- Laboratory analysis of tularemia in wild-trapped, commercially traded prairie dogs, Texas, 2002Jeannine M Petersen
Diagnostic and Reference Section, Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PO Box 2087, Rampart Road, Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:419-25. 2004.... 
Tularemia: emergence/re-emergenceJeannine M Petersen
Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Foothills Campus, PO Box 2087, Ft Collins, CO 80522, USA
Vet Res 36:455-67. 2005..This review will serve to highlight mechanisms contributing to the recent emergence of tularemia as well as a repertoire of diagnostic tools useful for detecting and diagnosing disease...- Methods for enhanced culture recovery of Francisella tularensisJeannine M Petersen
Diagnostic and Reference Section, Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:3733-5. 2004..tularensis by 81.1%. For transport of tissues, immediate freezing yielded culture recovery rates as high as 94%... - Whole genome single nucleotide polymorphism based phylogeny of Francisella tularensis and its application to the development of a strain typing assayGagan A Pandya
Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center, J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
BMC Microbiol 9:213. 2009..However, lower cost typing schemes are necessary in order to enable typing of hundreds or even thousands of isolates... - Multiple Francisella tularensis subspecies and clades, tularemia outbreak, UtahJeannine M Petersen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1928-30. 2008..tularensis subsp. holarctica. These findings indicate that multiple subspecies and clades can cause disease in a localized outbreak of tularemia... - Transmission efficiency of Francisella tularensis by adult american dog ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)Sara M Reese
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO, USA
J Med Entomol 48:884-90. 2011..These findings support the concept that D. variabilis adults may play a significant role in epizootic transmission of F. tularensis, and as a bridging vector to humans... - An outbreak of Francisella tularensis in captive prairie dogs: an immunohistochemical analysisNordin S Zeidner
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 16:150-2. 2004..This report demonstrates that immunohistochemical analysis is a rapid procedure that can be used to determine the pathogenesis of F. tularensis in rodent populations... - Molecular Epidemiology of Francisella tularensis in the United StatesKiersten J Kugeler
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:863-70. 2009..To verify these findings and to further define differences among genotypes, we performed a large-scale molecular epidemiologic analysis of F. tularensis isolates from humans and animals... - Use of temperature for standardizing the progression of Francisella tularensis in miceClaudia R Molins
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United State of America
PLoS ONE 7:e45310. 2012..These findings should be generally applicable to other pathogens that produce acute febrile disease in animal models and offers an important tool for understanding and following the infection process... - Francisella novicida bacteremia after a near-drowning accidentMeghan Brett
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Clin Microbiol 50:2826-9. 2012..We highlight the challenges associated with laboratory identification of F. novicida and differences in the epidemiology of F. novicida and Francisella tularensis infections... - First reported prairie dog-to-human tularemia transmission, Texas, 2002Swati B Avashia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:483-6. 2004..These findings represent the first evidence for prairie-dog-to-human tularemia transmission and demonstrate potential human health risks of the exotic pet trade... - Short report: time course of hematogenous dissemination of Francisella tularensis A1, A2, and Type B in laboratory miceRebecca J Eisen
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:259-62. 2009..Our study provides the basis for a mouse model needed as the starting point to address these questions... - Subpopulations of Francisella tularensis ssp. tularensis and holarctica: identification and associated epidemiologyJeannine M Petersen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Future Microbiol 5:649-61. 2010..tularensis subpopulations, including methods for their detection, their observed epidemiologic differences, implications for public health and basic research programs, as well as future challenges yet to be solved... - Transmission dynamics of Francisella tularensis subspecies and clades by nymphal Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)Sara M Reese
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:645-52. 2010..Our results provide evidence of a high fitness cost and low transmission rates during the immature stages, suggesting that D. variabilis may play a limited role in enzootic maintenance of F. tularensis... - Lack of antimicrobial resistance in Yersinia pestis isolates from 17 countries in the Americas, Africa, and AsiaSandra K Urich
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:555-8. 2012..Here, we demonstrate no resistance in 392 Y. pestis isolates from 17 countries to eight antimicrobials used for treatment or prophylaxis of plague... - Virulence differences among Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis clades in miceClaudia R Molins
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e10205. 2010..These findings indicate type A strains are not equivalent with respect to virulence and have important implications for public health as well as basic research programs... - Identification of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis A1 and A2 infections by real-time polymerase chain reactionClaudia R Molins
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 64:6-12. 2009..The assays described here provide new diagnostic tools with a level of sensitivity not previously available for identification of A1 and A2 infections... - Discrimination between Francisella tularensis and Francisella-like endosymbionts when screening ticks by PCRKiersten J Kugeler
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Foothills Campus, P.O. Box 2087, Ft. Collins, CO 80522, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:7594-7. 2005..tularensis TaqMan assay (ISFtu2, tul4, and iglC) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Specificity of PCR-based diagnostics for F. tularensis should be carefully evaluated with appropriate specimen types prior to diagnostic use... - Isolation and characterization of a novel Francisella sp. from human cerebrospinal fluid and bloodKiersten J Kugeler
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Rd, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:2428-31. 2008..Microbiologic and molecular analyses indicate that this organism represents a novel Francisella sp. Clinicians and microbiologists should be aware of this new potential pathogen, as infection may be more common than recognized... - Epidemiologic and molecular analysis of human tularemia, United States, 1964-2004J Erin Staples
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1113-8. 2006..Through a combined epidemiologic and molecular approach to human cases of tularemia, we provide new insights into the disease for future investigation... - Genomic markers for differentiation of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis A.I and A.II strainsClaudia R Molins-Schneekloth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:336-41. 2008..II as well as to discriminate between F. tularensis subsp. holarctica and F. novicida and another specific for A.I, were developed. This is the first report to identify and characterize conserved genomic differences between A.I and A.II... - Persistence of Yersinia pestis in soil under natural conditionsRebecca J Eisen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:941-3. 2008..These results have implications for defining plague foci, persistence, transmission, and bioremediation after a natural or intentional exposure to Y. pestis... - Evaluation of the Infectiousness to Mice of Soil Contaminated with Yersinia pestis-Infected BloodKaren A Boegler
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 12:948-52. 2012..96% (95% CI 0.17, 5.25%). This suggests that although transmission of Y. pestis from contaminated soils is possible, it is not likely a major transmission route under natural conditions... - In vitro susceptibility of isolates of Francisella tularensis types A and B from North AmericaSandra K Urich
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:2276-8. 2008..In addition, all isolates had MICs for erythromycin of 0.5 to 4 microg/ml, in contrast to an MIC of >256 microg/ml for the common laboratory strain LVS (live vaccine strain)... - Differential chitinase activity and production within Francisella species, subspecies, and subpopulationsJeffrey C Chandler
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
J Bacteriol 193:3265-75. 2011..tularensis A1 and A2 strains, respectively, provided a molecular basis to explain the differential chitinase activities observed among the species and subpopulations of Francisella... - Identification of Francisella tularensis genes encoding exported membrane-associated proteins using TnphoA mutagenesis of a genomic libraryRobert D Gilmore
Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, P O Box 2087, Rampart Road, Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA
Microb Pathog 37:205-13. 2004..tularensis genome sequence data to provide a foundation for studies to identify and define cellular surface protein virulence factors of this pathogen... - Development of a multitarget real-time TaqMan PCR assay for enhanced detection of Francisella tularensis in complex specimensJessica L Versage
Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:5492-9. 2003..tularensis...