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Historical distribution and molecular diversity of Bacillus anthracis, Kazakhstan.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2010
Aikembayev Alim M, Lukhnova Larissa, Temiraliyeva Gulnara, Meka-Mechenko Tatyana, Pazylov Yerlan, Zakaryan Sarkis, Denissov Georgiy, Easterday W Ryan, Van Ert Matthew N, Keim Paul, Francesconi Stephen C, Blackburn Jason K, Hugh-Jones Martin, Hadfield Ted
Abstract excerpt
To map the distribution of anthrax outbreaks and strain subtypes in Kazakhstan during 1937-2005, we combined geographic information system technology and genetic analysis by using archived cultures and data. Biochemical and genetic tests confirmed the identity of 93 archived cultures in the Kazakhstan National Culture Collection as Bacillus anthracis. Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis genotyping...
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