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dc.contributor.authorNakazawa, Yoshinori U.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Richard A. J.
dc.contributor.authorPeterson, A. Townsend
dc.contributor.authorMead, Paul S.
dc.contributor.authorKugeler, Kiersten J.
dc.contributor.authorPetersen, Jeannine M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-09T17:00:25Z
dc.date.available2015-02-09T17:00:25Z
dc.date.issued2010-05-01
dc.identifier.citationNakazawa, Yoshinori et al. (2010). "Ecological Niche Modeling of Francisella tularensis Subspecies and Clades in the United States." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 82(5):912-918. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0354.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0002-9637
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/16605
dc.description.abstractTwo subspecies of Francisella tularensis are recognized: F. tularensis subsp. tularensis (type A) and F. tularensis subsp. holartica (type B). Type A has been subdivided further into A1a, A1b, and A2, which differ geographically and clinically. The aim of this work was to determine whether or not differences among subspecies and clades translate into distinct ecological niches. We used 223 isolates from humans and wildlife representing all six genotypes (type A, B, A1, A2, A1a, or A1b). Ecological-niche models were built independently for each genotype, using the genetic algorithm for rule-set prediction. The resulting models were compared using a non-parametric multivariate analysis-of-variance method. A1 and A2 are ecologically distinct, supporting the previously observed geographic division, whereas ecological niches for types A and B overlapped notably but A1a and A1b displayed no appreciable differences in their ecological niches.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen_US
dc.titleEcological Niche Modeling of Francisella tularensis Subspecies and Clades in the United Statesen_US
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorPeterson, A. Townsend
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0354
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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