[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 45, 10 November 2011
Rapid communications
Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011
R Popescu ()<SUP>1</SUP>, A Pistol<SUP>1</SUP>, L Miltaru<SUP>2</SUP>, D Caplan<SUP>3</SUP>, R Cucuiu<SUP>4</SUP>, F Popovici<SUP>5</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Popescu R, Pistol A, Miltaru L, Caplan D, Cucuiu R, Popovici F. Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(45):pii=20008. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20008
Date of submission: 20 October 2011 <HR>A cluster of two confirmed cases of anthrax were reported in October 2011 from a small village with a population of 3,400 people, in south-eastern Romania. One was a fatal case of cutaneous and anthrax meningoencephalitis, while the other had cutaneous anthrax. Both cases had been exposed to one Bacillus anthracis-infected cow via consumption of its meat or being involved in its slaughter.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 45, 10 November 2011
Rapid communications
Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011
R Popescu ()<SUP>1</SUP>, A Pistol<SUP>1</SUP>, L Miltaru<SUP>2</SUP>, D Caplan<SUP>3</SUP>, R Cucuiu<SUP>4</SUP>, F Popovici<SUP>5</SUP>
- National Institute of Public Health, National Centre for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control, Bucharest, Romania
- Public Health Authority, Tulcea, Romania
- National Institute of Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology ?Cantacuzino? ? National Reference Laboratory for Zoonotic Infection, Bucharest, Romania
- National Institute of Public Health, IHR Office, Bucharest, Romania
- National Institute of Public Health, Regional Centre of Public Health Bucharest, Romania
Citation style for this article: Popescu R, Pistol A, Miltaru L, Caplan D, Cucuiu R, Popovici F. Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(45):pii=20008. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20008
Date of submission: 20 October 2011 <HR>A cluster of two confirmed cases of anthrax were reported in October 2011 from a small village with a population of 3,400 people, in south-eastern Romania. One was a fatal case of cutaneous and anthrax meningoencephalitis, while the other had cutaneous anthrax. Both cases had been exposed to one Bacillus anthracis-infected cow via consumption of its meat or being involved in its slaughter.