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Spatio-temporal patterns of an anthrax outbreak in white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginanus, and associated genetic diversity of Bacillus anthracis

BACKGROUND: Anthrax, a soil-borne zoonosis caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is enzootic in areas of North America with frequent outbreaks in west Texas. Despite a long history of study, pathogen transmission during natural outbreaks remains poorly understood. Here we combined case-level s...

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Autores principales: Mullins, Jocelyn C., Van Ert, Matthew, Hadfield, Ted, Nikolich, Mikeljon P., Hugh-Jones, Martin E., Blackburn, Jason K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26669305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-015-0054-8