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Bangladesh anthrax outbreaks are probably caused by contaminated livestock feed.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 May 2013
Fasanella A, Garofolo G, Hossain M J, Shamsuddin M, Blackburn J K, Hugh-Jones M
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In Bangladesh from 1 July to 30 September 2010 there were 104 animal cases of anthrax and 607 associated human cases. This investigation was conducted in Sirajganj district in December 2010, on eight farms where animal cases had occurred. Bacillus anthracis was recovered from soil samples and turbinate bones on six farms. Canonical single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis showed that all the isolates...
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