Texas isolates closely related to Bacillus anthracis Ames

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1494-1496

  Kenefic, Leo J ^a   Pearson, Talima ^a   Okinaka, Richard T ^a,b   Chung, Wai Kwan ^a   Max, Tamara ^a   Van Ert, Matthew N ^a   Marston, Chung K ^c   Gutierrez, Kathy ^d   Swinford, Amy K ^d   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^c   Keim, Paul ^a,e  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^e TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOTERRORISM; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TEXAS;

EID: 50849098182     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.080076     Document Type: Letter

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