Genome Sequence of a Bacillus anthracis Outbreak Strain from Zambia, 2011

Naomi Ohnishi, Fumito Maruyama, Hirohito Ogawa, Hirokazu Kachi, Shunsuke Yamada, Daisuke Fujikura, Ichiro Nakagawa, Mudenda B Hang'ombe, Yuka Thomas, Aaron S Mweene, Hideaki Higashi

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Abstract

In August 2011, an anthrax outbreak occurred among Hippopotamus amphibius hippopotamuses and humans in Zambia. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the Bacillus anthracis outbreak strain CZC5, isolated from tissues of H. amphibius hippopotamuses that had died in the outbreak area.

Original languageEnglish
JournalGenome Announc
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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  • Journal Article

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