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PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Philippines (02): (AB) human, bovine, RFI

Anthrax -- PhilippinesThe Department of Health, Cordillera Administrative Region (DoH-CAR) yesterday [Wed 5 Apr 2017] reported an alarming 53 cases of anthrax disease by the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the government agency.In its report, the cases were all from Lagangilang, Abra where male victims were predominantly affected with 36/67.9 percent ratio. The age ranged from 1-year-old to 83 years of age with a median of 18 years old.DoH-CAR said that clustering of cases were Read more [...]