Information on which to base assessments of risk from environments contaminated with anthrax spores.

doi:10.1017/s0950268800068497

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Information on which to base assessments of risk from environments contaminated with anthrax spores.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 1994

Watson A, Keir D

Abstract excerpt

Although there has been a considerable amount of research conducted into Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, the data are widely disseminated in the scientific literature and are therefore not always easy to assimilate. In view of continuing concern about potential anthrax contami...

Topics

Animals
Anthrax
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacillus anthracis
Bacterial Capsules
Bacterial Toxins
Disease Susceptibility
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Microbiology
Genetic Variation
Humans
Occupational Diseases
Risk Assessment
Spores, Bacterial
Virulence

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