Anthrax in Europe: Its epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and role in bioterrorism

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 479-488

  Schmid, G ^a   Kaufmann, A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Bioterrorism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TERRORISM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ZOONOSIS;

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

EID: 0036672184     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00500.x     Document Type: Review

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