Genome Sequencing Shows that European Isolates of Francisella tularensis Subspecies tularensis Are Almost Identical to US Laboratory Strain Schu S4

• Roy R. Chaudhuri,

  Current address: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kindgom

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• Chuan-Peng Ren,

  Affiliation Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kindgom

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• Leah Desmond,

  Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• Gemma A. Vincent,

  Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• Nigel J. Silman,

  Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• John K. Brehm,

  Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• Michael J. Elmore,

  Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• Michael J. Hudson,

  Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• Mats Forsman,

  Affiliation Department of NBC Analysis, Division of NBC Defence, FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umeå, Sweden

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• Karen E. Isherwood,

  Affiliation Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• Darina Guryčová,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Medical Facility, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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• Nigel P. Minton,

  Affiliations Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Richard W. Titball,

  Affiliation Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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• Mark J. Pallen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J. Pallen, Richard Vipond

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.pallen@bham.ac.uk

  Affiliation Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kindgom

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• Richard Vipond

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J. Pallen, Richard Vipond

  Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kindgom

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