INCIDENCE AND PREVENTION OF ANTHRAX IN THE CISCAUCASIAN AND TRANSCAUCASIAN REPUBLICS

Abstract

A characteristic of the causative agent of anthrax that greatly complicates the control problem is that its spores remain viable in the soil for a long time. This is the main reason why the disease is so persistent in certain areas. For example, Novikov noted cases among cattle grazing in pastures where carcasses were buried 65 to 70 years further confirming the fact that the spore forms of the causative agent in the soil remain virulent many years. Once an area is infected by anthrax microbes it is likely to remain a focus of the disease for a long time since the various control measures now used are not wholly effective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0298606

Entities

People

  • A. F. Nadzhafov
  • A. S. Zyuzin
  • M. G. Akhundov
  • N. A. Saleyev
  • N. I. Makarov

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Biological Laboratories
  • Cemeteries
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques (Medicine)
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Farms
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Law
  • Livestock
  • Materials
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Wound Infections

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Immunology