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Case Reports
. 1990 Oct;84(5):507-12.
doi: 10.1080/00034983.1990.11812502.

Outbreak of anthrax in Thailand

C Kunanusont  1 , K Limpakarnjanarat, H M Foy
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Case Reports

Outbreak of anthrax in Thailand

C Kunanusont et al. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

An outbreak of anthrax occurred among 14 persons exposed to the meat of two water buffalo which had died from anthrax, in two neighbouring villages in the northeastern region of Thailand. All but one case had typical eschars or blisters. Three had eaten raw meat; one of them died from gastric anthrax with severe haematemesis. All the others were successfully treated with penicillin. The incubation period varied between two and 11 days. Sporadic outbreaks of human and animal anthrax still occur in Southeast Asia.

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