Two cases of human cutaneous anthrax in Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2014

J Arapović; S Skočibušić; B Jelavić; H B Ivanković; M Jurić; D Mamić; S Grgić; J Lesko; M Leventić; I Soldo; J Ravlija; J Nikolić

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.7.21039

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Two cases of human cutaneous anthrax in Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2014
J Arapović^1,2 , S Skočibušić^1,2 , B Jelavić^2,3 , H B Ivanković^1,2 , M Jurić^2,3 , D Mamić⁴ , S Grgić^1,2 , J Lesko^2,3 , M Leventić^2,3 , I Soldo^2,5 , J Ravlija^1,6 , J Nikolić^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina ² School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina ³ Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina ⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Public Health Institute of Livno, Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina ⁵ Department of Radiology, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina ⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Public Health Institute of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Citation style for this article: Arapović J, Skočibušić S, Jelavić B, Ivanković H B, Jurić M, Mamić D, Grgić S, Lesko J, Leventić M, Soldo I, Ravlija J, Nikolić J. Two cases of human cutaneous anthrax in Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2014. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(7):pii=21039. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.7.21039 Received: 25 Jan 2015

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Abstract

Two cases of human cutaneous anthrax were reported in September 2014 in south-western Bosnia and Herzegovina. The two men were involved in slaughtering a cow and handled its Bacillus anthracis-infected meat. Anthrax has been sporadically observed in livestock in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but no confirmed human cases had been reported in the country in the last two decades. Clinicians in the country should be aware that anthrax may occur in humans, arising from exposure to infected animals.