Natural Dissemination of Bacillus anthracis Spores in Northern Canada

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Dragon, D. C., Bader, D. E., Mitchell, J., Woollen, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2005
• Subjects: Canada; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.71.3.1610-1615.2005; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.71.3.1610-1615.2005

ABSTRACT Soil samples were collected from around fresh and year-old bison carcasses and areas not associated with known carcasses in Wood Buffalo National Park during an active anthrax outbreak in the summer of 2001. Sample selection with a grid provided the most complete coverage of a site. Soil sa...