Anthrax outbreaks in Bangladesh, 2009-2010

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-710

  Chakraborty, Apurba ^a   Khan, Salah Uddin ^a   Hasnat, Mohammed Abul ^a   Parveen, Shahana ^a   Islam, M Saiful ^a   Mikolon, Andrea ^a   Chakraborty, Ranjit Kumar ^b   Ahmed, Be Nazir ^c   Ara, Khorsed ^c   Haider, Najmul ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^d   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^d   Rahman, Mahmudur ^c   Luby, Stephen P ^a   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock   (Bangladesh)

^c Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BANGLADESH; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SHEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 84860529373     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0234     Document Type: Article

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