Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Environmental and Primary Prevention Department, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy. giuseppina.larosa@iss.it
Abstract:
This study investigated the genetic bases of attenuation in the Bacillus anthracis vaccine strain "Carbosap" used in Italy against anthrax in cattle and sheep. Twelve genes involved in virulence regulatory pathways underwent sequence analysis in comparison with a B. anthracis virulent strain.