An outbreak of infection with Bacillus anthracis in injecting drug users in Scotland
| Autor: | C N Ramsay, A Stirling, J Smith, G Hawkins, T Brooks, J Hood, G Penrice, L M Browning, S Ahmed, Collective on behalf of the NHS GGC, Collective on behalf of the Scottish National Outbreak Control Teams |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Adult Male Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Microbial contamination Heroin Disease Outbreaks Anthrax Virology Environmental health mental disorders medicine Humans Heroin users Substance Abuse Intravenous media_common biology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Bacillus anthracis Substance abuse Scotland Population Surveillance Female business Disease transmission medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. 15(2) |
| ISSN: | 1560-7917 |
| Popis: | An investigation is currently underway to explore and control an outbreak of Bacillus anthracis among drug users (mainly injecting) in Scotland. Contaminated heroin or a contaminated cutting agent mixed with the heroin is considered to be the most likely source and vehicle of infection. Heroin users have been advised of the risk. The risk to the general public is regarded as very low. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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