Three probable cases of cutaneous anthrax in autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia, june 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Duric P ^a   Cosic G ^a   Rajcevic S ^a   Petrovic, V ^a   Tomkovic M ^a   Subic Z ^b   Dimitric M ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; COW; CUTANEOUS ANTHRAX; DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GOAT; HEIFER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; SERBIA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84855579104     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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