Disease outbreaks are a consequence of interactions among the three components of a host–
parasite system: the infectious agent, the host and the environment. While virulence and …

Comment 888 www. thelancet. com/infection Vol 20 August 2020 declaring a PHEIC. 1 The
Democratic Republic of the Congo, now experiencing the second largest Ebola outbreak in …

Anthrax is a lethal bacterial zoonosis primarily affecting herbivorous wildlife and livestock.
Upon host death Bacillus anthracis vegetative cells form spores capable of surviving for …

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been established for bacterial subty** and is
regularly used to study pathogen transmission, to investigate outbreaks, and to perform …

Background Anthrax, a zoonotic disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus
anthracis, remains a major global public health concern, especially in countries with limited …

Anthrax is a concern for public health and veterinary medicine in Russia. The available
phylogenetic data on isolates from Russia and neighboring CIS countries are clearly not …

Records suggest Bacillus anthracis was used in biowarfare during World War II, but
evidence remains limited. We isolated B. anthracis from soil at the remains of a World War II …

Anthrax is a recurrent zoonosis in the Ukraine with outbreaks occurring repeatedly in certain
areas. For determining whether several Bacillus anthracis genotypes are circulating in this …

This article describes Bacillus anthracis strains isolated in Kazakhstan since the 1950s until
year 2016 from sixty-one independent events associated with anthrax in humans and …

Genomic sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of bacterial disease
epidemiology, but remains underutilized for zoonotic pathogens in remote endemic settings …