Characterization of a Bacillus anthracis isolate causing a rare case of fatal anthrax in a 2-Year-Old boy from Hong Kong

Cheung, Danny T.L. and Kam, Kai Man and Hau, Kong Lung and Au, Tak Kong and Marston, Chung K and Gee, Jay E and Popovic, Tanja and Van Ert, Matthew N and Kenefic, Leo and Keim, Paul and Hoffmaster, Alex R (2005) Characterization of a Bacillus anthracis isolate causing a rare case of fatal anthrax in a 2-Year-Old boy from Hong Kong. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43 (4). pp. 1992-1994. ISSN 1098-660X

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Abstract

We used multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and pagA sequencing to genotype a Bacillus anthracis isolate from a fatal case of human anthrax in Hong Kong. The isolate has a unique MLVA genotype, is related to the Sterne and Ames strains, and is consistent with genotypes identified in China.

Item Type:	Article
Publisher’s Statement:	Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology
ID number or DOI:	10.1128/JCM.43.4.1992-1994.2005
Keywords:	Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Hong Kong; Genotypes; Bacteriology
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR355 Virology
MeSH Subjects:	B Organisms > B04 Viruses
Department/Unit:	College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Science > Biological Sciences
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 17:15
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/828

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