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Case Reports
. 2008 Dec 18;13(51):19076.

Investigations and control measures following a case of inhalation anthrax in East London in a drum maker and drummer, October 2008

S Anaraki  1 , S Addiman, G Nixon, D Krahé, R Ghosh, T Brooks, G Lloyd, R Spencer, A Walsh, B McCloskey, N Lightfoot
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Case Reports

Investigations and control measures following a case of inhalation anthrax in East London in a drum maker and drummer, October 2008

S Anaraki et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Abstract

The patient is believed to have acquired the infection from making animal hide drums. Environmental investigations identified one drum and two pieces of animal skins contaminated with anthrax spores.

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