The reporting of a Bacillus anthracis B-clade strain in South Africa after more than 20 years

The reporting of a Bacillus anthracis B-clade strain in South Africa after more than 20 years

Abstract Objectives Anthrax is a disease with an age old history in Africa caused by the Gram-positive endospore forming soil bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Epizootics of wild ungulates occur annually in the enzootic region of Pafuri, Kruger National Park (KNP) in the Limpopo Province of South Africa...

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Main Authors: K. E. Lekota, A. Hassim, P. Rogers, E. H. Dekker, R. Last, L. de Klerk-Lorist, H. van Heerden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Bacillus anthracis
Whole genome sequencing (WGS)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3366-x

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