<i>Bacillus paranthracis</i> Isolate from Blood of Fatal Ebola Virus Disease Case

M. Jeremiah Matson; Sarah L. Anzick; Friederike Feldmann; Craig A. Martens; Steven K. Drake; Heinz Feldmann; Moses Massaquoi; Daniel S. Chertow; Vincent J. Munster

doi:10.3390/pathogens9060475

Pathogens (Jun 2020)

<i>Bacillus paranthracis</i> Isolate from Blood of Fatal Ebola Virus Disease Case

M. Jeremiah Matson,
Sarah L. Anzick,
Friederike Feldmann,
Craig A. Martens,
Steven K. Drake,
Heinz Feldmann,
Moses Massaquoi,
Daniel S. Chertow,
Vincent J. Munster

Affiliations

M. Jeremiah Matson: Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
Sarah L. Anzick: Genomics Unit, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
Friederike Feldmann: Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
Craig A. Martens: Genomics Unit, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
Steven K. Drake: Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Heinz Feldmann: Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
Moses Massaquoi: Clinton Health Access Initiative, Monrovia, Liberia
Daniel S. Chertow: Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
Vincent J. Munster: Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060475
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 6
p. 475

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A Bacillus paranthracis isolate was cultured from the blood of a fatal Ebola virus disease (EVD) case in Liberia and was identified by whole genome sequencing. Although B. paranthracis has only recently been described and is poorly characterized, this case may represent the bacterial co-infection of an EVD patient.

Published in Pathogens

ISSN: 2076-0817 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/pathogens

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