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Genotype Analysis of Bacillus anthracis Strains Circulating in Bangladesh.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Rume Farzana Islam, Affuso Alessia, Serrecchia Luigina, Rondinone Valeria, Manzulli Viviana, Campese Emanuele, Di Taranto Pietro, Biswas Paritosh Kumar, Ahsan Chowdhury Rafiqul, Yasmin Mahmuda, Fasanella Antonio, Hugh-Jones Martin
Abstract excerpt
In Bangladesh, anthrax, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is considered an endemic disease affecting ruminants with sporadic zoonotic occurrences in humans. Due to the lack of knowledge about risks from an incorrect removal of infected carcasses, the disease is not properly monitored, and because of the socio-economic conditions, the situation is under-reported and under-diagnosed. For sensitive...
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