ANTHRAX OUTBREAK IN ARMENIA
Vestnik Kavkaza
Dec 4 2012
Russia
55 cases of anthrax symptoms have been registered in Armenia. 10 of
them have already been confirmed, News Armenia reports.
21 people with anthrax symptoms were hospitalized in the Gegarkunik
Region of Armenia in October. A local of Ushi in the Aragots Region
hospitalized with anthrax in early November. Animals with anthrax
were registered in the Tavush and Armavir Regions.
Anthrax is an infectious disease, usually seen on skin and rarely
on inner organs. People usually get infected by butchering animals,
through water, soil, fur. No cases of the disease spreading from one
person to another have been registered. Its spores may stay in the
soil for up to 100 years.
Vestnik Kavkaza
Dec 4 2012
Russia
55 cases of anthrax symptoms have been registered in Armenia. 10 of
them have already been confirmed, News Armenia reports.
21 people with anthrax symptoms were hospitalized in the Gegarkunik
Region of Armenia in October. A local of Ushi in the Aragots Region
hospitalized with anthrax in early November. Animals with anthrax
were registered in the Tavush and Armavir Regions.
Anthrax is an infectious disease, usually seen on skin and rarely
on inner organs. People usually get infected by butchering animals,
through water, soil, fur. No cases of the disease spreading from one
person to another have been registered. Its spores may stay in the
soil for up to 100 years.