Airborne movement of anthrax spores from carcass sites in the Etosha National Park, Namibia

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 667-676

  Turnbull, P C B ^a,c   Lindeque, P M ^b   Le Roux, J ^b   Bennett, A M ^a   Parks, S R ^a  

^a Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Etosha Ecological Institute   (Namibia)

^c Salisbury   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; STORMS;

AIR SAMPLES; ANTHRAX SPORE; COLONY COUNTS; CULTURE PLATES; CYCLONE FILTERS; GELATIN FILTERS; HIGH WINDS; NAMIBIA; NATIONAL PARKS; WIND CONDITIONS;

ANIMALS;

AIRBORNE MOVEMENT; ANTHRAX; CARCASS; SPORE DISPERSAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN;

ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031749977     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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