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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"inhalational anthrax"”.
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Dust bathing behaviours of Elephants, Zebras and Wildebeest and the potential risk of inhalational anthrax in Etosha National Park
… bacterium and the causative agent of the disease anthrax which commonly infects herbivorous animals. The disease is transmitted via three routes of infection: ingestion, cutaneous or inhalation of spores. This study investigated the seasonality of dust bathing as a possible contributor to …
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Logistical Models For Planning And Operating Medical Countermeasure Distribution Networks During Public Health Emergencies
… to two different potential emergencies: an inhalational anthrax bioterrorist attack and an influenza pandemic. We present a three-echelon capacitated distribution network model of the United States' antibiotic mass-dispensing system for responding to a large-scale anthrax attack. We …
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Anthrax toxin effects on B lymphocyte function
… of causing cutaneous, gastrointestinal and inhalational anthrax. It has a number of virulence factors of which, the two toxins are of great importance. Lethal toxin is a zinc metaloprotease that cleaves the N terminus of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase family 1-7, with the …
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Interaction of Bacillus Anthracis Exosporium Protein Bcla With Complement Factor H and Spore Persistence In The Lung
<p>Anthrax outbreaks in the United States and Europe and its potential use as a bioweapon have made <em>Bacillus anthracis</em> an interest of study. Anthrax infections are caused by the entry of <em>B. anthracis</em> spores into the host via the respiratory system, the gastrointestinal tract, cuts …