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SNR analysis: molecular investigation of an anthrax epidemic.
BMC veterinary research - 28 Feb 2010
Garofolo Giuliano, Ciammaruconi Andrea, Fasanella Antonio, Scasciamacchia Silvia, Adone Rosanna, Pittiglio Valentina, Lista Florigio
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BACKGROUND: In Italy, anthrax is endemic but occurs sporadically. During the summer of 2004, in the Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Southern Italy, an anthrax epidemic consisting of 41 outbreaks occurred; it claimed the lives of 124 animals belonging to different mammal species. This study is a retrospective molecular epidemiological investigation carried out on 53 isolates collected during the epidemic. A...
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