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Gastrointestinal and cutaneous anthrax: Case series
Introduction: Anthrax is a zoonosis affecting herbivorous animals. Its agent is Bacillus anthracis and it is gram positive, aerobic or facultative anaerobic, immobile and has a capsule in the polypeptide structure.
Vildan Ozer +4 more
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Zoonotic Infections and Biowarfare Agents in Critical Care: Anthrax, Plague, and Tularemia [PDF]
Bacterial zoonotic infections are rare in developed countries in the twenty-first century but may cause major morbidity and mortality in developing regions of the world. In addition, their potential use as biological weapons makes early recognition and effective empiric therapy important for the critical care practitioner.
Maves, Ryan C., Berjohn, Catherine M.
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Analysis of the Anthrax Morbidity Rate in the Russian Federation in 2011, and Prognosis for 2012
Carried out is the analysis of epidemiological situation on anthrax in 2011, both in the Russian Federation and around the world. The results of the analysis bear evidence of the fact that in the constituent units of the federal districts of Southern ...
A. G. Ryazanova +7 more
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The causative agent of anthrax - Bacillus anthracis, due to the prevalence of its natural foci in Russia, high virulence for humans and most mammals, the unique resistance of spore forms to environmental factors and repeated use in terrorist acts, is an ...
N. V. Onuchina +2 more
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Bacillus anthracis edema factor substrate specificity: evidence for new modes of action [PDF]
Since the isolation of Bacillus anthracis exotoxins in the 1960s, the detrimental activity of edema factor (EF) was considered as adenylyl cyclase activity only.
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Counterterrorism: creating a safe, stable, easily stored anthrax vaccine A vaccine candidate for anthrax infection shows promise for improving preparedness for a biological attack.
B. Kim Lee Sim +18 more
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Innate Immune Interactions between Bacillus anthracis and Host Neutrophils
Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, has been a focus of study in host-pathogen dynamics since the nineteenth century. While the interaction between anthrax and host macrophages has been extensively modeled, comparatively little is known ...
Janet Z. Liu +4 more
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Human Anthrax in Dolj County, Romania—A Series of Three Cases
Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax, primarily a disease of herbivorous animals, which can be accidentally transmitted to humans. Three cases of cutaneous human anthrax were recorded in August 2020 in Dolj county, Romania.
Florentina Dumitrescu +8 more
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Patients' request for and emergency physicians' prescription of antimicrobial prophylaxis for anthrax during the 2001 bioterrorism-related outbreak [PDF]
Background Inappropriate use of antibiotics by individuals worried about biological agent exposures during bioterrorism events is an important public health concern. However, little is documented about the extent to which individuals with self-identified
Aber Robert C +5 more
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Aim. Investigation of the features of the protein profiles of the spore and vegetative form of the anthrax microbe by the MALDI-TOF MS method using the resources of the Mass-Up program and the package for the statistical software with open source code R.
D. V. Ulshina +9 more
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