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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2005
• Subjects: Public Health Microbiology; Canada; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1065140; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15746366; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.71.3.1610-1615.2005

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 samples wer...