Whole Genome Analysis of Injectional Anthrax Identifies Two Disease Clusters Spanning More Than 13 Years

Whole Genome Analysis of Injectional Anthrax Identifies Two Disease Clusters Spanning More Than 13 Years

Background: Anthrax is a rare disease in humans but elicits great public fear because of its past use as an agent of bioterrorism. Injectional anthrax has been occurring sporadically for more than ten years in heroin consumers across multiple European countries and this outbreak has been difficult t...

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Main Authors: Paul Keim, Roland Grunow, Richard Vipond, Gregor Grass, Alex Hoffmaster, Dawn N. Birdsell, Silke R. Klee, Steven Pullan, Markus Antwerpen, Brittany N. Bayer, Jennie Latham, Kristin Wiggins, Crystal Hepp, Talima Pearson, Tim Brooks, Jason Sahl, David M. Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Subjects:
Heroin
Whole Genome Sequencing
SNP
Phylogeny
Injectional Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396415301705

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