Human cutaneous anthrax, Georgia 2010-2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 261-264

  Kracalik, Ian ^a   Malania, Lile ^b   Tsertsvadze, Nikoloz ^b   Manvelyan, Julietta ^b   Bakanidze, Lela ^c   Imnadze, Paata ^b   Tsanava, Shota ^b   Blackburn, Jason K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center for DiseaseControl and Public Health of Georgia   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA; CUTANEOUS ANTHRAX; GEORGIA; LIVESTOCK; ZOONOSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892623265     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.130522     Document Type: Article

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