PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Georgia: (AJ) human, livestock, fatal

Anthrax — United States
For the first time in 5 years a death from anthrax has been recorded in Georgia, Adjara, where a man died from anthrax. The infection is followed by contact with sick animals. The man lived in the village in the state Khelvachauri district of Adjara.
He turned to a medical facility too late. Doctors diagnosed him with the skin form of the disease, which developed as a result of contact with infected animals, according to a [Thu 7 Sep 2017] “Georgia online” report with reference to