Volume 16, Number 5—May 2010
Research
Historical Distribution and Molecular Diversity of Bacillus anthracis, Kazakhstan
Table 2
Animal species | No. outbreaks/ samples | Deaths/ outbreak* | Total no. deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Sheep | 1,735 | 0–851 | 16,080 |
Cattle | 1,678 | 0–84 | 3825 |
Equine | 304 | 0–28 | 634 |
Swine | 192 | 0–78 | 832 |
Camel | 5 | 1–2 | 7 |
Mink | 3 | 28–37 | 95 |
Goat | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fox | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Dog | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Arctic fox | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Unidentified |
6 |
– |
15 |
Miscellaneous anthrax-positive samples† | |||
Soil samples | 17 | – | – |
Wool | 1 | – | – |
*0 indicates animals that recovered from infection.
†Bacillus anthracis spores were recovered, but there were no infections.
1Current affiliation: Republican Sanitary Epidemiologic Station, Almaty, Kasakhstan.
2Current affiliation: VEN Consulting, LLC, Melbourne, Florida, USA.
3Current affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
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