PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Kazakhstan (05): (ZM) cattle, human

Anthrax — Kazakhstan
A total of 4 shepherds were hospitalized with anthrax in Zhambyl region, Informbureau reports. The diagnosis was confirmed by laboratory examination. Patients came to the hospital with eruptions on their bodies.
“The patients work on one of the farms and have direct contact with animals. All of them were took part in the slaughtering of a cow, and 7-10 days after that they started complaining of these signs,” said Gulfaira Mirzabekova, an employee of the Zhambyl regional infectious