Experimental Infection of Voles with Francisella tularensis Indicates Their Amplification Role in Tularemia Outbreaks

Heidi Rossow; Kristian M. Forbes; Eveliina Tarkka; Paula M. Kinnunen; Heidi Hemmilä; Otso Huitu; Simo Nikkari; Heikki Henttonen; Anja Kipar; Olli Vapalahti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108864

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Experimental Infection of Voles with Francisella tularensis Indicates Their Amplification Role in Tularemia Outbreaks

Heidi Rossow ,

* E-mail: heidi.rossow@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Kristian M. Forbes,

Affiliations Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland
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Eveliina Tarkka,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory (HUSLAB), Helsinki, Finland
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Paula M. Kinnunen,

Current address: Plans and Policy Division, Defence Command Finland, Finnish Defence Forces, Helsinki, Finland

Affiliation Centre for Biothreat Preparedness, Centre for Military Medicine, Finnish Defence Forces, Helsinki, Finland
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Heidi Hemmilä,

Affiliation Centre for Biothreat Preparedness, Centre for Military Medicine, Finnish Defence Forces, Helsinki, Finland
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Otso Huitu,

Affiliation Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland
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Simo Nikkari,

Affiliation Centre for Biothreat Preparedness, Centre for Military Medicine, Finnish Defence Forces, Helsinki, Finland
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Heikki Henttonen,

Affiliation Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland
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Anja Kipar,

Current address: Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Finnish Centre for Laboratory Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, School of Veterinary Science and Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Olli Vapalahti

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory (HUSLAB), Helsinki, Finland, Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Experimental Infection of Voles with Francisella tularensis Indicates Their Amplification Role in Tularemia Outbreaks

Heidi Rossow,
Kristian M. Forbes,
Eveliina Tarkka,
Paula M. Kinnunen,
Heidi Hemmilä,
Otso Huitu,
Simo Nikkari,
Heikki Henttonen,
Anja Kipar,
Olli Vapalahti

Published: October 1, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108864

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