Potential distributions of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis causing anthrax in Africa.

• Main Authors: Daniel Romero-Alvarez (Author), A Townsend Peterson (Author), Johanna S Salzer (Author), Claudia Pittiglio (Author), Sean Shadomy (Author), Rita Traxler (Author), Antonio R Vieira (Author), William A Bower (Author), Henry Walke (Author), Lindsay P Campbell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis (Bcbva) is an emergent bacterium closely related to Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax. The latter has a worldwide distribution and usually causes infectious disease in mammals associated with savanna ecosystems. Bcbva was identified in h...