Volume 25, Number 7—July 2019
Synopsis
Bacillus cereus–Attributable Primary Cutaneous Anthrax-Like Infection in Newborn Infants, India
Figure 6
![Phylogenetic network analysis using Splits Tree (21) identified 2 lineages among the whole population of 14 STs, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, Northeast, India, 2018. ST, sequence type.](/eid/images/18-1493-F6.jpg)
Figure 6. Phylogenetic network analysis using Splits Tree (21) identified 2 lineages among the whole population of 14 STs, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, Northeast, India, 2018. ST, sequence type.
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