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genetic source tracking of an anthrax outbreak in shaanxi province, china.

anthrax is an acute zoonotic infectious disease caused by the bacterium known as bacillus anthracis. from 26 july to 8 august 2015, an outbreak with 20 suspected cutaneous anthrax cases was reported in ganquan county, shaanxi province in china. the genetic source tracking analysis of the anthrax outbreak was performed by molecular epidemiological methods in this study.