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A retrospective study of anthrax on the Ghaap Plateau, Northern Cape province of South Africa, with special reference to the 2007–2008 outbreaks

Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive, endospore-forming and soil-borne bacterium Bacillus anthracis. When in spore form, the organism can survive in dormancy in the environment for decades. It is a controlled disease of livestock and wild ungulates in South Africa. In South Afri...

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Autores principales: Hassim, Ayesha, Dekker, Edgar H., Byaruhanga, Charles, Reardon, Tommy, van Heerden, Henriette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8616768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29041790
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v84i1.1414