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Genetic characterization of Bacillus anthracis in Guizhou Province, Southwest of China.
BMC microbiology - 31 Mar 2015
Li Shijun, Ma Qing, Chen Hong, Wang Dingming, Liu Ying, Wei Xiaoyu, You Lv, Yao Guanghai, Tian Kecheng, Tang Guangpeng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bacillus (B.) anthracis is the pathogen that causes fatal anthrax. Guizhou Province is an old foci of anthrax in the southwest of China. Human anthrax has also been frequently reported in Guizhou in recent year. However, there is limited information on the genetic background of local B. anthracis isolates in Guizhou Province. Strain-specific detection of this bacterium using molecular approaches has...
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