Fasanella Antonio, Garofolo Giuliano, Galella Michelangelo, Troiano Pasquale, De Stefano Carlo, Pace Lorenzo, Aceti Angela, Serrecchia Luigina, Adone Rosanna
1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Anthrax Reference Institute of Italy , Foggia, Italy .
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 Oct;13(10):769-71. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1302. Epub 2013 Jun 29.
During an outbreak of sheep anthrax in Basilicata, southern Italy, the owner of a flock located about 3 km away from the affected farm developed skin lesions attributable to cutaneous anthrax. The DNA extracted from the human scabs confirmed the diagnosis, and a 15-loci multiple locus variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) following single-nucleotide repeat (SNR) analysis yielded the same genotype as that found in the dead sheep. The breeder, who had not had contact with infected or dead animals, reported having been stung by gadflies.
在意大利南部巴斯利卡塔发生绵羊炭疽疫情期间，距离受感染农场约3公里处一群羊的主人出现了可归因于皮肤炭疽的皮肤病变。从人类结痂中提取的DNA证实了诊断，在单核苷酸重复（SNR）分析后进行的15个位点的多位点可变数目串联重复序列（VNTR）分析（MLVA）产生了与死羊中发现的相同基因型。这位饲养员没有接触过受感染或死亡的动物，他报告说曾被牛虻叮咬过。
