Epidemic anthrax in the eighteenth century, the Americas.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 8(10): 1160-2, 2002 Oct.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12396933
Anthrax has been described as a veterinary disease of minor importance to clinical medicine, causing occasional occupational infections in single cases or clusters. Its potential for rapid and widespread epidemic transmission under natural circumstances has not been widely appreciated. A little-known 1770 epidemic that killed 15,000 people in Saint-Domingue (modern Haiti) was probably intestinal anthrax. The epidemic spread rapidly throughout the colony in association with consumption of uncooked beef. Large-scale, highly fatal epidemics of anthrax may occur under unusual but natural circumstances. Historical information may not only provide important clues about epidemic development but may also raise awareness about bioterrorism potential.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Surtos de Doenças
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Enteropatias
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Antraz
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Haiti
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emerg Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos