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SUBMITTER: Shcherbinin DN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3999469 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shcherbinin D N DN Esmagambetov I B IB Noskov A N AN Selyaninov Yu O YO Tutykhina I L IL Shmarov M M MM Logunov D Yu DY Naroditskiy B S BS Gintsburg A L AL
Acta naturae 20140101 1
Anthrax is a particularly dangerous infectious disease that affects humans and livestock. It is characterized by intoxication, serosanguineous skin lesions, development of lymph nodes and internal organs, and may manifest itsself in either a cutaneous or septic form. The pathogenic agent is Bacillus anthracis, a grampositive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped aerobic bacterium. Efficacious vaccines that can rapidly induce a long-term immune response are required to prevent anthrax infection in human ...[more]