Inhalation Anthrax Associated with Dried Animal Hides – Pennsylvania and New York City, 2006

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• Personal Author:
  Arboleda N ; Aston C ; Bacon C ; Baden D ; Balter S ; Beatrice S ; Beaudry G ; Berg D ; Burr, Gregory A. ; Clark N ; Clark T ; Dauphin LA ; Diaz P ; Dowell, Chad H. ; Dykewicz CA ; Fleischauer A ; Frank M ; Fraser G ; Frieden T ; Gee JE ; Glasgow E ; Gomez T ; Hoffmaster A ; Hornsby-Myers, Jennifer ; Hunt E ; Husband B ; Karpati A ; Kiefer, Max ; Kim H ; King, Bradley S. ; Layton M ; Lee L ; Leighton J ; Marston C ; McQuiston J ; Meyer R ; Moskin L ; Mullin S ; Nalluswami K ; Newton B ; Nguyen TQ ; Papagiotas S ; Paykin A ; Pesik N ; Phillip M ; Piester T ; Pollard K ; Prud'homme J ; Quinn C ; Reagan S ; Reynolds S ; Rosenberg P ; Rosenstein N ; Rotz L ; Semanova V ; Shadomy S ; Slavinski S ; Swartz W ; Treadwell T ; Tsoi B ; Tucker A ; Urdaneta V ; Walsh J ; Weisfuse I ; Weiss D ; Weltman A ; Wilkins P ; Winchell J ; Wolsk G
• Description:
  On February 21, 2006, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PDOH) reported to CDC and the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) a case of inhalation anthrax in a man who resided in New York City. This report summarizes the joint epidemiologic and environmental investigation conducted by local, state, and federal public health, animal health, and law enforcement authorities in Pennsylvania and NYC to determine the source of exposure and identify other persons who were potentially at risk. On February 16, the patient had traveled from NYC to northern Pennsylvania for a performance with his dance troupe. He collapsed later that evening with rigors and was admitted to a local hospital, where he reported a 3-day history of shortness of breath, dry cough, and malaise. A chest radiograph revealed bilateral infiltrates and pleural effusions. On February 17, the patient was transferred to a tertiary care center because of worsening respiratory status. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Bacterial Infections Communicable Diseases Emergency Responders Environmental Pollution Epidemiology Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Animal-products Bacterial-infections Emergency-treatment Environmental-contamination Infection-control Infectious-diseases Performing-artists Prophylaxis Public-health Serological-techniques
• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Georgia ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; OD - Office of the Director ; HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  295
• Issue:
  17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030158
• Citation:
  JAMA 2006 May; 295(17):1991-1993
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:04a682148ae65981498e32356cec37c2633b3ce5c85fa4c9a217108c71670911c1e57230bf494c047864eb94a5dbd4f6b431353f406f7f18207a9e7ea992429e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190959/cdc_190959_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 90.44 KB ]