Exploratory Animal and Medical Research (Sep 2020)
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF ANTHRAX OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL BY MICROSCOPY, CULTURAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES
Abstract
Outbreak investigation of anthrax was reported by microscopic, cultural and molecular techniques from blood samples from the districts of Murshidabad, Nadia, and Hooghly in West Bengal. The Blood smear staining and molecular detection techniques revels that the repeated outbreak was confirmed at Hariharpara, Domkol, Beldanga-II, and Burwan block in the distict of Murshidabad as well as adjacent Kaliganj and Tehatta-II block in Nadia.