title: Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011.
abstract: 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.
authors: National Institute of Public Health, National Centre for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control, Bucharest, Romania. rodica.popescu@insp.gov.ro
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Popescu
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Pistol
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Miltaru
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Caplan
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Cucuiu
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Popovici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000881:Anthrax / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial