The epidemiological investigation and control of an anthrax outbreak in a village in Central Anatolia, Turkey

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Acknowledgements

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Contents of this article were presented at an international expert meeting ‘15th Medical Biodefense Conference- Abstract No. IO7’ held in Munich, Germany, 26–29 April 2016. We would like to specially thank Prof Rıza Durmaz from the Public Health Institution of Turkey for his help in molecular typing process of the strains. The authors gratefully acknowledge Ms. Donna Sue Winslow from the International Unit at Genome and Stem Cell Center, Erciyes University, Kayseri/ Turkey for the editing of the English text and the assistance of Dr. Callum Cooper from Stockholm University for his critical reading and expert language support and on the manuscript.