Molecular subtyping of Bacillus anthracis and the 2001 bioterrorism-associated anthrax outbreak, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1111-1116

  Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Collette C ^a,b   Ribot, Efrain ^a,b   Mayer, Leonard W ^a,b   Popovic, Tanja ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PAGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036774995     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0810.020394     Document Type: Article

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