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Whole Genome Analysis of Injectional Anthrax Identifies Two Disease Clusters Spanning More Than 13 Years.
EBioMedicine - 1 Nov 2015
Keim Paul, Grunow Roland, Vipond Richard, Grass Gregor, Hoffmaster Alex, Birdsell Dawn N, Klee Silke R, Pullan Steven, Antwerpen Markus, Bayer Brittany N, Latham Jennie, Wiggins Kristin, Hepp Crystal, Pearson Talima, Brooks Tim, Sahl Jason, Wagner David M
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BACKGROUND: Anthrax is a rare disease in humans but elicits great public fear because of its past use as an agent of bioterrorism. Injectional anthrax has been occurring sporadically for more than ten years in heroin consumers across multiple European countries and this outbreak has been difficult to trace back to a source. METHODS: We took a molecular epidemiological approach in understanding this disease...
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