Meso-scale ecology of anthrax in Southern Africa: A pilot study of diversity and clustering

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 204-207

  Smith, K L ^a   De Vos, V ^c   Bryden, H B ^c   Hugh Jones, M E ^b   Klevytska, A ^a   Price, L B ^a   Keim, P ^a   Scholl, D T ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

B.ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CLUSTERINGS; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; MESO SCALE; NATIONAL PARKS; PILOT STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDY GROUPS;

PARKS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIATION;

AFRICA; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

AFRICA;

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

EID: 0032864008     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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