Natural dissemination of Bacillus anthracis spores in Northern Canada

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1610-1615

  Dragon, D C ^a   Bader, D E ^a   Mitchell, J ^b   Woollen, N ^c  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ORIFICES; SOILS;

ANTHRAX; DISARTICULATED LIMBS; SCAVENGERS; SPORES;

BACTERIA;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL DISEASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPORE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY FLUID; BUFFALO; CARCASS; EPIDEMIC; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BISON; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK; WORLD;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BISON; BUBALUS; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 15444376491     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1610-1615.2005     Document Type: Article

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