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. 2011 May;17(5):794–799. doi: 10.3201/eid1705.100426

Table 2. Presence of Francisella tularensis lpnA and F. tularensis holarctica–specific 30-bp–deletion region in water samples and in pools of mosquitoes hatched from larvae collected in the Orebro area, Sweden*.

Pond
Water
Mosquitoes
Container
F. tularensis
F. tularensis holarctica
Pools
F. tularensis
F. tularensis holarctica
Ormesta 1 A Yes Yes 2 (2) 1 ND

B
Yes
ND

6 (28)
ND
ND
Ormesta 2 C ND ND 6 (74) 2 ND
D Yes ND 9 (79) 4 3
E ND ND 6 (45) 3 ND
F Yes ND 8 (61) 2 ND

G
ND
ND

5 (27)
1
ND
Vattenpark
H
Yes
Yes

6 (18)
1
1
Total 8 5 2 48 (334) 14 4

*Water samples were collected from each mosquito-breeding container on arrival at the laboratory. Numbers in parentheses refer to number of mosquito specimens within pools. Sampling locations are Ormesta and Vattenpark. ND, not detected.