A cutaneous Anthrax outbreak in Koraput District of Odisha-India 2015

• Main Authors: Priyakanta Nayak (Author), Samir V. Sodha (Author), Kayla F. Laserson (Author), Arun K. Padhi (Author), Basanta K. Swain (Author), Shaikh S. Hossain (Author), Aakash Shrivastava (Author), Pradeep Khasnobis (Author), Srinivas R. Venkatesh (Author), Bikash Patnaik (Author), Kailash C. Dash (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Cutaneous anthrax in humans is associated with exposure to infected animals or animal products and has a case fatality rate of up to 20% if untreated. During May to June 2015, an outbreak of cutaneous anthrax was reported in Koraput district of Odisha, India, an area endemic for...