Anthrax -- Armenia
The Ministry of Health has received information that 2 residents of Getashen rural community of Armavir Province were transferred to the capital city Yerevan infection hospital, and with boil-like wounds (cutaneous anthrax symptoms) on their fingers and wrists, the ministry informed.
The patients [reported] that a few days earlier, they had taken part in the skinning of the cow of a fellow villager, and the processing of the meat of this cow.
A total of 6 more fellow villagers were found
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6651425&promed&0
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