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Epidemiological Investigation and Etiological Analysis of a Cutaneous Anthrax Epidemic Caused by Butchering Sick Cattle in Guizhou, China.
Frontiers in public health - 1 Jan 2020
Li Shijun, Ma Qing, Chen Hong, Liu Ying, Yao Guanghai, Tang Guangpeng, Wang Dingming
Abstract excerpt
A suspected human cutaneous anthrax epidemic caused by butchering sick cattle occurred in Zhijin County of Guizhou Province, Southwest of China, in 2016. Epidemiological investigation and etiological analysis were performed to provide a scientific basis for the source tracking of the epidemic. The epidemic was epidemiologically investigated, and skin blister samples collected from patients and soil samples...
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