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Mongolian capital Ulan Bator found cases of people infected with anthrax
October 18, 2010
People's Network in Ulaanbaatar on October 18 (Xinhua Footman), according to local media reports, Mongolia Centre for Disease Control confirmed that the capital of Ulan Bator, 12 Bayan Zhu He District 13 District 22-year-old man for a food store staff of the anthrax virus.
It was reported that infected men occurred 8 bruised elbow began to arm and fever 3 days after treatment to the national Center for Disease Control, was confirmed as infected with anthrax. Relevant experts immediately went to work in the grocery man extracted samples, the results in the sale of meat chopping board, knives, meat storage freezer so that anthrax.
According to statistics, in the first nine months of the Mongolian national total of 32 cases of human infection with anthrax, of which 90% occurred in the localities and provinces, including Selenge province in 27 cases. Deaths has not yet occurred.
To prevent the spread of anthrax, the Mongolian National Center for Infectious Diseases Prevention presented to the public through the media, prevention recommendations. Anthrax is a zoonotic acute infectious disease caused by the anthrax bacillus. People through contact with sick animals and their products and consumption of meat and sick animals to infection. Anthrax spread around the world, especially in South America, Asia and Africa were more common in pastoral areas, endemic, is a natural focal disease.
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