PCR analysis of tissue samples from the 1979 Sverdlovsk anthrax victims: The presence of multiple Bacillus anthracis strains in different victims

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1224-1229

  Jackson, Paul J ^a   Hugh Jones, Martin E ^b   Adair, Debra M ^a   Green, Gertrude ^a   Hill, Karen K ^a   Kuske, Cheryl R ^a   Grinberg, Lev M ^c   Abramova, Faina A ^e   Keim, Paul ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology   (Russian Federation)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Variable number tandem repeats; VrrA gene

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; LIVE VACCINE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; USSR; VACCINATION; VICTIM;

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

EID: 0032477733     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.3.1224     Document Type: Article

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