FG confirmed an anthrax outbreak on a farm in Zamfara and called for immediate measures to contain the disease, highlighting symptoms and preventive steps.

For some 50 years, a small island just off the Scottish coast was declared off limits after it was the site of deadly wartime ...

Anthrax is the name of the disease caused by the spores of bacteria Bacillus anthracis and human infections are rare in the ...

Nigerians have been alerted by the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development over the outbreak of anthrax in Zamfara State. Ben Bem Goong, the Director, ...

New work published in Nature indicates that Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, targets dendritic cells (DCs) and the adaptive immune response as an immune-evasion strategy.

An outbreak of anthrax recently reported in a farm in Zamfara State serves as another stark reminder of the ongoing public ...

A recent anthrax outbreak has been confirmed on a farm in Zamfara State, prompting urgent warnings from the government. The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, in an official statement signed ...

CDC scientists were studying the bacteria in a high-level biosecurity lab and then transferred the samples to three lower-security labs without first properly inactivating the live microbes. Workers ...

THE Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, yesterday, alerted Nigerians over the outbreak of anthrax in Zamfara State.

Anthrax, caused by the Bacillus anthracis bacterium, is a zoonotic disease that can impact various warm-blooded animals, including cattle, sheep, goats, horses, and wildlife, as well as humans.

Although ABW agents will not replace threats posed by traditional biological agents such as Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and Variola (smallpox), they will necessitate novel approaches to ...

mechanism of DNA replication in pathogenic bacteria primarily E.coli and Bacillus anthracis. His laboratory is also collaborating with Dr. Esther Biswas-Fiss to investigate pathogenesis of inherited ...