EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RARELY ENCOUNTERED CLINICAL FORMS OF ANTHRAX

Abstract

Material is presented concerning the epidemiology of rarely encountered clinical forms of anthrax. This material was collected during the years 1936-1956. Of all the cases 93.75% of the cutaneous form, 2.65% are of primary cutaneous with a secondary intestinal, 3% are intestinal, 0.4% are pulmonary, and 0.2% are ocular. All of the anthrax cases were substantiated by bacteriological investigations, reports of pathologicoanatomic autopsies, and the findings of epidemiological inspections.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673203

Entities

People

  • A. Ya. Zaporozhchenko

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

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  • Biomedical

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  • Animals
  • Availability
  • Bronchitis
  • Brushes
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Commerce
  • Domestic
  • Domestic Animals
  • Epidemiology
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Hygiene
  • Inspection
  • Intestines
  • Literature
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  • Medicine

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  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology