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A systematic mapping protocol of methods and practices employed in ecological niche modelling of anthrax

open access: yesGlobal Epidemiology, 2019
Background: Demand for policy-relevant solutions focused on spatially-targeted strategies for prevention and control of diseases is growing. This demand can, in part, be fulfilled through predicting the distribution of environments and geographies that ...
John Gachohi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacillus anthracis diversity in Kruger National Park [South Africa] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, has a recorded history of periodic anthrax epidemics causing widespread disease among wild animals. Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax, a disease primarily affecting ungulate herbivores ...
Bryden, H.   +5 more
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Roles of host and environment in shift of primary anthrax host species in Kruger National Park.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Environmental and climatic factors, as well as host demographics and behaviour, significantly influence the exposure of herbivorous mammalian hosts to pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax.
Sunday O Ochai   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Health Laboratories: Unprepared and Overwhelmed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Addresses the role of public health labs within the public health system and their ability to respond to specific chemical weapon events.
Daniel N. Segal   +2 more
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Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Examines ten indicators to assess progress in state readiness to respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. Evaluates the federal government's and hospitals' preparedness.
Jeffrey Levi   +3 more
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Calmodulin in Complex with Proteins and Small Molecule Ligands: Operating with the Element of Surprise. Implications for Structure-Based Drug Design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Calmodulin plays a role in several life processes, its flexibility allows binding of a number of different ligands from small molecules to amphiphilic peptide helices and proteins. Through the diversity of its functions, it is quite difficult to find new
Keserű, György Miklós   +2 more
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[Improvement of the method for the indication of the causative agent of anthrax].

open access: yesZhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii, 2004
A combined method for the indication of the causative agent of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis), including the preparation of the material to be tested, the exposure of the magneto-imunosorbent in the sample, cultivation in selective medium, DNA extraction with subsequent testing in the polymerase chain reaction with primers to genes cap, pag and ...
A G, Abgarian   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Responding to the threat of bioterrorism: a microbial ecology perspective—the case of anthrax [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Anthrax is a disease of herbivores caused by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It can affect cattle, sheep, swine, horses and various species of wildlife. The routes for the spread among wildlife are reviewed. There are three kinds of human
R. Atlas
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