Investigations and control measures following a case of inhalation anthrax in East London in a drum maker and drummer, October 2008

S Anaraki; S Addiman; G Nixon; D Krahé; R Ghosh; T Brooks; G Lloyd; R Spencer; A Walsh; B McCloskey; N Lightfoot

Investigations and control measures following a case of inhalation anthrax in East London in a drum maker and drummer, October 2008

Euro Surveill. 2008 Dec 18;13(51):19076.

Authors

S Anaraki¹, S Addiman, G Nixon, D Krahé, R Ghosh, T Brooks, G Lloyd, R Spencer, A Walsh, B McCloskey, N Lightfoot

Affiliation

¹ North East and North Central London Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 19094916

Abstract

The patient is believed to have acquired the infection from making animal hide drums. Environmental investigations identified one drum and two pieces of animal skins contaminated with anthrax spores.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anthrax / epidemiology*
Anthrax / prevention & control*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Humans
London / epidemiology
Male
Music*
Occupational Diseases / diagnosis*
Occupational Diseases / epidemiology*