Cutaneous Anthrax Associated with Drum Making Using Goat Hides from West Africa – Connecticut, 2007

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Stratidis, J. ; LeRoy, S. ; Barden, D. ; Kelley, K. ; Fontana, J. ; Purviance, K. ; Cartter, Matt ; Hadler, James L. ; Glynn, K. ; Hoffmaster, Alex R. ; Shadomy, Sean V. ; Smith, T. ; Marston, Chung K. ; Martinez, K. ; Guh, A.
• Description:
  On August 29, 2007, the Connecticut Department of Public Health was notified by a physician of suspect cutaneous anthrax involving a drum maker and one of his three children. The drum maker had been working with untreated goat hides from Guinea in West Africa. This report summarizes results of the joint epidemiologic and environmental investigation conducted by public health officials, environmental agencies, and law enforcement authorities. The investigation revealed that the drum maker was exposed while working with a contaminated goat hide from Guinea and that his workplace and home were contaminated with anthrax. His child was most likely exposed from cross-contamination of the home. The findings underscore the potential hazard of working with untreated animal hides from areas with epizootic anthrax and the potential for secondary cases from environmental contamination. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Biological Warfare Agents Communicable Diseases Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Epidemiology Microbiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Infectious-diseases; Bacterial-disease; Animal-products; Microorganisms; Biological-warfare-agents; Environmental-contamination; Epidemiology; Exposure-assessment; Medical-treatment; Region-1; Disease-incidence; Occupational-exposure; Public-health; Decontamination; Sampling; Prophylaxis; Children; Disease-prevention; Disease-transmission
• Source:
  MMWR 2008 Jun; 57(23):628-631
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EPRO - Emergency Preparedness and Response Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Gomez, T. ; Butler, T.
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033947
• Citation:
  MMWR 2008 Jun; 57(23):628-631
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b60664c361b067fc5a3ae1df7accd0a0d0e4273c109404563d0bcc6b0a18b47a53483ddade6aec2fa02562f5eb5a14c1977e004401e3e5ba87129ecce54711dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183063/cdc_183063_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 323.91 KB ]