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Spatio-temporal patterns of an anthrax outbreak in white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginanus, and associated genetic diversity of Bacillus anthracis.
BMC ecology - 15 Dec 2015
Mullins Jocelyn C, Van Ert Matthew, Hadfield Ted, Nikolich Mikeljon P, Hugh-Jones Martin E, Blackburn Jason K
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BACKGROUND: Anthrax, a soil-borne zoonosis caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is enzootic in areas of North America with frequent outbreaks in west Texas. Despite a long history of study, pathogen transmission during natural outbreaks remains poorly understood. Here we combined case-level spatio-temporal analysis and high resolution genotyping to investigate anthrax transmission dynamics. Carcass...
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