ena-STUDY-UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW-14-06-2021-09:41:15:192-864
Genomic diversity of Bacillus anthracis in a hyperendemic area
In this study, we quantified genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms among 73 B. anthracis isolates derived from 33 livestock carcasses sampled over one year (2016-2017) throughout the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania, an area hyperendemic for anthrax. Diversity was investigated at various spatial scales: throughout the Conservation Area, between cases occurring in close spatio-temporal proximity, and within individual livestock carcasses.
In this study, we quantified genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms among 73 B. anthracis isolates derived from 33 livestock carcasses sampled over one year (2016-2017) throughout the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania, an area hyperendemic for anthrax. Diversity was investigated at various spatial scales: throughout the Conservation Area, between cases occurring in close spatio-temporal proximity, and within individual livestock carcasses.