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Unexpected genomic relationships between Bacillus anthracis strains from Bangladesh and Central Europe.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2016
Rume Farzana Islam, Ahsan Chowdhury Rafiqul, Biswas Paritosh Kumar, Yasmin Mahmuda, Braun Peter, Walter Mathias C, Antwerpen Markus, Grass Gregor, Hanczaruk Matthias
Abstract excerpt
The zoonosis anthrax caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis has a broad geographical distribution. Active enzootic areas are typically located away from central and northern Europe where cases of the disease occur only sporadically and in limited numbers. In contrast, a few out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh are hyper-endemic for anthrax and there the disease causes major losses in live-stock. In this...
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