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2016 anthrax outbreak July 2016 1 human death (~100 infected) 2,300 animal deaths In July 2016, nearly 100 people were hospitalized amid an anthrax outbreak among nomadic communities in northern Siberia, Russia and more than 2,300 reindeer died from anthrax infections in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease, with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year, the World Health Organization said ...
United States [6] Anaplasmosis: Anthrax: Anthrax: Anthrax: Anthrax: Botulism: Botulism: ... Foodborne diseases outbreak Yes Yes Yes Lead, elevated blood levels ...
Anthrax usually affects livestock like cattle, sheep and goats, as well as wild herbivores. Humans can be infected if they […] The post Five African countries suffer anthrax outbreaks, with 20 ...
The virulent Ames strain, which was used in the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, has received the most news coverage of any anthrax outbreak. The Ames strain contains two virulence plasmids , which separately encode for a three-protein toxin, called anthrax toxin , and a polyglutamic acid capsule .
Anthrax is a bacteria found naturally in soil and commonly affects animals that come in contract with spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water. It mostly infects susceptible herbivores, such ...
In April and May 1979 in the city of Sverdlovsk (population of 1.2 million [3]), an anthrax outbreak was reported. [1] 96 cases of anthrax infection were reported where 79 were gastrointestinal anthrax and 17 were cutaneous, of these cases 64 out of the 96 infected people died in a period of weeks.
List of anthrax outbreaks; E. List of epidemics and pandemics; F. List of foodborne illness outbreaks; List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll; L.