Molecular epidemiology of anthrax cases associated with recreational use of animal hides and yarn in the United States.

Molecular epidemiology of anthrax cases associated with recreational use of animal hides and yarn in the United States.

To determine potential links between the clinical isolate to animal products and their geographic origin, we genotyped (MLVA-8, MVLA-15, and canSNP analysis) 80 environmental and 12 clinical isolates and 2 clinical specimens from five cases of anthrax (California in 1976 [n = 1], New York in 2006 [n...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chung K Marston, Christina A Allen, Jodi Beaudry, Erin P Price, Spenser R Wolken, Talima Pearson, Paul Keim, Alex R Hoffmaster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3235112?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3235112?pdf=render

Similar Items