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ArticlePloS one2016

Phylogenetic Characteristics of Anthrax Outbreaks in Liaoning Province, China, 2001-2015.

Lingling Mao, Enmin Zhang, Zijiang Wang, Yan Li, Hang Zhou, Xuesheng Liu, Huijuan Zhang, Hong Cai, Xudong Liang, Yingwei Sun and 4 more

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lingling MaoLiaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Enmin ZhangNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing, China.
Zijiang WangLiaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Yan LiTieling Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tieling, Liaoning Province, China.
Hang ZhouDivision of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, China CDC, Beijing, China.
Xuesheng LiuLiaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Huijuan ZhangNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing, China.
Hong CaiNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing, China.
Xudong LiangNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing, China.
Yingwei SunLiaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Zhikai ZhangNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing, China.
Wei LiNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing, China.
Wenqing YaoLiaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Jianchun WeiNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing, China.
Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNState Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and ControlChinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention · CNNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthrax is a continuous threat in China, especially in rural regions. In July 2015, an anthrax outbreak occurred in Xifeng County, Liaoning Province. A total of 10 cutaneous anthrax cases were reported, with 210 people under medical observation. In this study, the general characteristics of human anthrax outbreak occurred in Liaoning Province were described, and all cases were caused by butchering and contacting sick animal. Meanwhile, the phylogenetic relationship between outbreak-related isolates/samples of the year 2015 and previous Bacillus anthracis strains was analyzed by means of canonical single nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP), multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) with 15 markers and single-nucleotide repeats (SNR) analysis. There are two canSNP subgroups found in Liaoning, A.Br.001/002 and A.Br.Ames, and a total of six MLVA 15 genotypes and five SNR genotypes were observed. The strain collected from anthrax outbreak in Xifeng County in 2015 was classified as A.Br.001/002 subgroup and identified as MLVA15-29 genotype, with same SNR profile (CL10: 17, CL12: 15, CL33: 29, and CL35: 13). So we conclude that the same clone of B.anthracis caused the anthrax outbreak in Xifeng County in 2015, and this clone is different to previous isolates. Strengthening public health education in China is one of the most important measures to prevent and control anthrax.

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PhylogenyAnthraxBacillus anthracisChinaDisease OutbreaksFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinisatellite RepeatsPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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