Table 2

Genotypes of F. tularensis detected from ticks in China

Geographical sites

Number

Hosts

Genotypes for two marker

Ft-M3

Ft-M10

Heilongjiang

1

Ixodes persulcatus

7

2

2

I. persulcatus

8

2

6

I. persulcatus

9

2

Jilin

6

Dermacentor sivarum

9

2

2

D.sivarum

15

2

4

D.sivarum

16

2

Inner Mongolia

5

Ixodes persulcatus

9

2

3

I. persulcatus

15

2

3

I. persulcatus

14

2

1

I. persulcatus

18

2

Zhang et al. BMC Microbiology 2008 8:152   doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-152