A rare waterborne outbreak of Bacillus paranthracis in Shandong province, China, 2020: epidemiologic survey, genomic insights, and virulence characteristics

Bacillus paranthracis, a Gram-positive conditional pathogen of Bacillus cereus group species, is capable of causing foodborne and waterborne illnesses, leading to intestinal diseases in humans characterized by diarrhoea and vomiting. However, documented cases of B. paranthracis infection outbreaks a...

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Published in:	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Main Authors:	Shuang Wang, Hengjie Xie, Lu Liu, Lei Du, Fang Yin, Yuzhen Chen, Ziqing Liu, Gaoxiang Sun, Xiaomei Zhang, Dapeng Sun, Ming Fang, Lixiao Cheng, Yanru Chen, Zengqiang Kou, Beiwen Zheng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Subjects:	Bacillus cereus group Bacillus paranthracis drinking water whole-genome sequencing Genomics
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2024.2348498