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Title : Two deaths due to Anthrax outbreak in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal.
Description : An anthrax outbreak has killed two persons and affected more than 50 people at a tribal village in West Bengals Paschim Medinipur district in the past two days. This is the first outbreak of the disease in the district in recent past, according to officials of the Health Department. ?About 150 people from 32 families of Chandmora village consumed a dead cow on April 18. Soon after, several persons developed skin lesions and ran high temperature. Instead of approaching the local health centre, they sought treatment from a quack. Only after the condition of two persons turned critical did they go to the Midnapore Medical College on Monday,? Nripoti Roy, Chief Medical Officer of the district, told The Hindu on Wednesday. Both persons died on Tuesday, and another was critical. ?Primarily, it appears like an anthrax outbreak. We have sent medical teams to the village to treat the affected. A pathological team visited the village on Wednesday to collect samples, and it will submit a report shortly,? Dr. Roy said. Health Director Aniruddha Kar said a team from the School of Tropical Medicine would visit the village on Thursday.
www.hindu.com/2010/04/29/stories/2010042961961400.htm
Title : Two deaths due to Anthrax outbreak in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal.
Description : An anthrax outbreak has killed two persons and affected more than 50 people at a tribal village in West Bengals Paschim Medinipur district in the past two days. This is the first outbreak of the disease in the district in recent past, according to officials of the Health Department. ?About 150 people from 32 families of Chandmora village consumed a dead cow on April 18. Soon after, several persons developed skin lesions and ran high temperature. Instead of approaching the local health centre, they sought treatment from a quack. Only after the condition of two persons turned critical did they go to the Midnapore Medical College on Monday,? Nripoti Roy, Chief Medical Officer of the district, told The Hindu on Wednesday. Both persons died on Tuesday, and another was critical. ?Primarily, it appears like an anthrax outbreak. We have sent medical teams to the village to treat the affected. A pathological team visited the village on Wednesday to collect samples, and it will submit a report shortly,? Dr. Roy said. Health Director Aniruddha Kar said a team from the School of Tropical Medicine would visit the village on Thursday.