Endemic gastrointestinal anthrax in 1960s Lebanon: Clinical manifestations and surgical findings

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 520-525

  Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Ghossain, Antoine ^b   Sharara, Ala I ^a   Hatem, Joseph M ^b   Kanj, Souha S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 0037739797     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0905.020537     Document Type: Review

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