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SUBMITTER: Zincke D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7767396 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zincke Diansy D Norris Michael H MH Cruz Odalis O Kurmanov Berzhan B McGraw W Scott WS Daegling David J DJ Krigbaum John J Hoang Thi Thu Ha TTH Khanipov Kamil K Golovko Georgiy G Hadfield Ted T Blackburn Jason K JK
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 20201221 12
Anthrax is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium <i>Bacillus anthracis</i>. Primarily a disease of herbivores, human infections often result from direct contact with contaminated animal products (cutaneous and inhalational anthrax) or through consumption of infected meat (gastrointestinal anthrax). The genetic near neighbor, <i>Bacillus cereus</i> biovar <i>anthracis</i> (Bcbva), causes an anthrax-like illness in the wildlife and livestock of west and central Africa ...[more]