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Meso-scale ecology of anthrax in southern Africa: a pilot study of diversity and clustering.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Aug 1999
Smith K L, De Vos V, Bryden H B, Hugh-Jones M E, Klevytska A, Price L B, Keim P, Scholl D T
Abstract excerpt
It has only recently been possible to detect sufficient genetic diversity among anthrax isolates to allow genotype grouping (Keim et al. 1997). Early results of such grouping suggest that the southern African subcontinent may be the geographical origin of Bacillus anthracis. This report describes a pilot investigation of the genetic diversity of a study group of isolates from the Kruger National Park, South...
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