Whole-genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis linked to the 2023 anthrax outbreak in Zambia
Harvey K. Kamboyi, Misheck Shawa, Flavien N. Bumbangi, Mox M. Kalumbi, Mungunsar Chuluun, Jeremiah B. Chijikwa, Joseph Y. Chizimu, Liyali Libonda, Tuvshinzaya Zorigt, Ladslav Moonga, Joseph Ndebe, Raymond Hamoonga, Tomoe Kitao, Naganori Nao, Masahiro Kajihara, Musso Munyeme, Hirofumi Sawa, Roma Chilengi, Bernard M. Hang'ombe, Hideaki Higashi · 2026
Read Whole-genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis linked to the 2023 anthrax outbreak in Zambia by Harvey K. Kamboyi, Misheck Shawa, Flavien N. Bumbangi, Mox M. Kalumbi, Mungunsar Chuluun, Jeremiah B. Chijikwa, Joseph Y. Chizimu, Liyali Libonda, Tuvshinzaya Zorigt, Ladslav Moonga, Joseph Ndebe, Raymond Hamoonga, Tomoe Kitao, Naganori Nao, Masahiro Kajihara, Musso Munyeme, Hirofumi Sawa, Roma Chilengi, Bernard M. Hang'ombe, Hideaki Higashi (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13348410.txt.
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Harvey K. Kamboyi and a large team report genomes for anthrax bacteria from the 2023 Zambia outbreak, in an announcement from 2026. The outbreak ran May to November with 834 suspected human cases and four deaths, plus 390 livestock and 39 wildlife deaths in the official tallies. Strains came from three patients and one soil sample where a cow had died.
Cases spread across 44 districts in nine provinces, with a non-endemic southern district as the hot centre holding 35 percent of cases in the reported split. Public genomes from linked human and soil strains support tracing of spread paths and vaccine or test matching for a disease that returns yearly in western Zambia.
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| CREATOR | Harvey K. Kamboyi, Misheck Shawa, Flavien N. Bumbangi, Mox M. Kalumbi, Mungunsar Chuluun, Jeremiah B. Chijikwa, Joseph Y. Chizimu, Liyali Libonda, Tuvshinzaya Zorigt, Ladslav Moonga, Joseph Ndebe, Raymond Hamoonga, Tomoe Kitao, Naganori Nao, Masahiro Kajihara, Musso Munyeme, Hirofumi Sawa, Roma Chilengi, Bernard M. Hang'ombe, Hideaki Higashi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4760 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |