| frequent and seasonally variable sublethal anthrax infections are accompanied by short-lived immunity in an endemic system. | few studies have examined host-pathogen interactions in wildlife from an immunological perspective, particularly in the context of seasonal and longitudinal dynamics. in addition, though most ecological immunology studies employ serological antibody assays, endpoint titre determination is usually based on subjective criteria and needs to be made more objective. despite the fact that anthrax is an ancient and emerging zoonotic infectious disease found world-wide, its natural ecology is not well u ... | 2014 | 24499424 |
| fatal attraction: vegetation responses to nutrient inputs attract herbivores to infectious anthrax carcass sites. | parasites can shape the foraging behaviour of their hosts through cues indicating risk of infection. when cues for risk co-occur with desired traits such as forage quality, individuals face a trade-off between nutrient acquisition and parasite exposure. we evaluated how this trade-off may influence disease transmission in a 3-year experimental study of anthrax in a guild of mammalian herbivores in etosha national park, namibia. at plains zebra (equus quagga) carcass sites we assessed (i) carcass ... | 2014 | 25274365 |
| draft genome sequences of two bacillus anthracis strains from etosha national park, namibia. | bacillus anthracis strains k1 and k2 were isolated from two plains zebra anthrax carcasses in etosha national park, namibia. these are draft genomes obtained by illumina miseq sequencing of isolates collected from culture of blood-soaked soil from each carcass. | 2016 | 27563043 |