Anthrax — Guinea
On [9 May 2019], the Prefectural Health Directorate of Koubia, Guinea was informed of the admission of 4 suspected anthrax cases at the Prefectural Hospital located in Labé region in the northern part of the country. Three of the case-patients presented to the hospital with skin lesions typical of a cutaneous anthrax infection (black crusts on either face, hands, head, or neck with swelling around the affected parts). The 4th case-patient, a 2 year old boy, son to one of the 3 case-patients
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