Article 2MYJT Zimbabwe anthrax outbreak: 14 sickened, 1 death; linked to eating hippo

Zimbabwe anthrax outbreak: 14 sickened, 1 death; linked to eating hippo

by
Robert Herriman
from Outbreak News Today on (#2MYJT)

In a follow-up on the anthrax outbreak in Binga district in western Zimbabwe, health officials put the outbreak tally at 14 cases of anthrax including 1 death (case fatality rate of 9.1%) reported from two communities, Siansundu and Binga. This anthrax outbreak in humans was preceded by an epizootic in hippopotamus. On 2 April 2017, a community ["]

The post Zimbabwe anthrax outbreak: 14 sickened, 1 death; linked to eating hippo appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

OutbreakNewsToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA OutbreakNewsToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://feeds.feedburner.com/OutbreakNewsToday
Feed Title Outbreak News Today
Feed Link https://outbreaknewstoday.com/
Feed Copyright The Global Dispatch, Inc
Reply 0 comments