TABLE 1.
Strain | Designation | Subtype | Region | Origin | Year isolated |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
F. tularensis subsp. holarctica LVS | LVSb | B | Europe | Sheep | 1949 |
F. tularensis subsp. novicida U112 | NOV | NA | Utah | Human | 1951 |
F. tularensis subsp. tularensis strains | |||||
Schu S4 | SCHUc | A | Ohio | Human lesion | 1941 |
70102163 | Ft-1 | Aa | Utah | Human blood | 2001 |
79101574 | Ft-2 | Aa | Utah | Human | 1991 |
1365 | Ft-3 | Aa | New Mexico | Human | 1997 |
AS1284 | Ft-4 | Aa | New Mexico | Rodent | 2003 |
79400960 | Ft-5 | Aa | Utah | Human | 1990 |
80700069 | Ft-6 | Aa | Utah | Human lesion | 2007 |
80502541 | Ft-7 | Aa | Utah | Human lesion | 2005 |
1385 | Ft-8 | Aa | New Mexico | Rabbit | 2001 |
1773a | Ft-9 | Aa | New Mexico | Human | 1999 |
AS2058 | Ft-10 | Aa | New Mexico | Rabbit | 2002 |
Subtyping was done using primers in IS100 elements unique to type A strains (Victoria Lao, Patrick Chain, and Emilio Garcia, unpublished results).
LVS was produced as a vaccine in 1961 by passaging a virulent F. tularensis subsp. holarctica strain isolated in 1949 (17).
Laboratory-passaged strain.