Role of Food Insecurity in Outbreak of Anthrax Infections among Humans and Hippopotamuses Living in a Game Reserve Area, Rural Zambia

In September 2011, a total of 511 human cases of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) infection and 5 deaths were reported in a game management area in the district of Chama, Zambia, near where 85 hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibious) had recently died of suspected anthrax. The human infections generally...

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Autores principales: Lehman, Mark W., Craig, Allen S., Malama, Constantine, Kapina-Kany’anga, Muzala, Malenga, Philip, Munsaka, Fanny, Muwowo, Sergio, Shadomy, Sean, Marx, Melissa A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820129
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.161597

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