Anthrax — Peru
The director of the Morropon-Chulucanas Health Network, Anibal Calle Chumacero, said that the 1st 18 cases of anthrax (or carbuncle) have been reported in the area of La Encantada, in the Piura province of Morropon.
The victims acquired the illness by consuming or working with infected beef. Some patients have been admitted to the hospital at Chulucanas, while others are being treated locally. “We have intervened in the optimum manner to control this illness. The majority of patients have
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