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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2024

Bacteriologic and Genomic Investigation of Bacillus anthracis Isolated from World War II Site, China.

Yarong Wu, Yuan Yuan, Bing Yuan, Jiaxin Li, Jinglin Wang, Yujun Cui

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Archival and Newly Isolated HistoricalPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yarong Wu
Yuan Yuan
Bing Yuan
Jiaxin Li
Jinglin Wang
Yujun Cui

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Records suggest Bacillus anthracis was used in biowarfare during World War II, but evidence remains limited. We isolated B. anthracis from soil at the remains of a World War II-era laboratory in China. Phenotypic and genomic analyses confirmed the finding, highlighting the value of microbial forensics in biothreat investigation.

Indexed as

Bacillus anthracisGenome, BacterialGenomicsWorld War IIAnthraxChinaHumansPhylogenySoil MicrobiologyBacillus anthracisbacteriabiological warfarebioterrorism and preparednessChinagenome sequencingHarbinmicrobial forensicsWorld War II

Identifiers

PMID39592401
PMCPMC11616637

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