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Anthrax discovery prompts health warning
Wednesday, 08/03/2006
The discovery of the first human case of anthrax in New South Wales in more than a decade has prompted a health warning from authorities.
A farm worker contracted the cutaneous form of the disease, which is a skin infection caused by exposure to the anthrax spores through open wounds.
He has been successfully treated with antibiotics.
But Tony Kolbe from Greater Southern Area Health says there is a need for further public education.
"I think many of the people who work on those properties are well aware of the presence of anthrax and they take appropriate measures to reduce the impacts in animals," he said.
"I guess we need to do some more education in terms of perhaps protecting individuals against this cutaneous anthrax."
Wednesday, 08/03/2006
The discovery of the first human case of anthrax in New South Wales in more than a decade has prompted a health warning from authorities.
A farm worker contracted the cutaneous form of the disease, which is a skin infection caused by exposure to the anthrax spores through open wounds.
He has been successfully treated with antibiotics.
But Tony Kolbe from Greater Southern Area Health says there is a need for further public education.
"I think many of the people who work on those properties are well aware of the presence of anthrax and they take appropriate measures to reduce the impacts in animals," he said.
"I guess we need to do some more education in terms of perhaps protecting individuals against this cutaneous anthrax."