Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011

R Popescu; A Pistol; L Miltaru; D Caplan; R Cucuiu; F Popovici

doi:10.2807/ese.16.45.20008-en

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Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011

R Popescu¹, A Pistol¹, L Miltaru², D Caplan³, R Cucuiu⁴, F Popovici⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute of Public Health, National Centre for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control, Bucharest, Romania ² Public Health Authority, Tulcea, Romania ³ National Institute of Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology ‘Cantacuzino’ – National Reference Laboratory for Zoonotic Infection, Bucharest, Romania ⁴ National Institute of Public Health, IHR Office, Bucharest, Romania ⁵ National Institute of Public Health, Regional Centre of Public Health Bucharest, Romania

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R Popescu
rodica.popescu insp.gov.ro
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Citation style for this article: Popescu R, Pistol A, Miltaru L, Caplan D, Cucuiu R, Popovici F. Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(45):pii=20008. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.45.20008-en Received: 20 Oct 2011; Accepted:

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.