Three probable cases of cutaneous anthrax in autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia, June 2011

P Đurić; G Ćosić; S Rajčević; V Petrovic; M Tomković; Ž Subić; M Dimitrić

doi:10.2807/ese.17.01.20050-en

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Three probable cases of cutaneous anthrax in autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia, June 2011
P Đurić¹ , G Ćosić¹ , S Rajčević¹ , V Petrovic¹ , M Tomković² , Ž Subić³ , M Dimitrić³
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Public Health, Vojvodina, Serbia ² Institute of Public Health, Kikinda, Serbia ³ Institute of Public Health, Zrenjanin, Serbia

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Citation style for this article: Đurić P, Ćosić G, Rajčević S, Petrovic V, Tomković M, Subić Ž, Dimitrić M. Three probable cases of cutaneous anthrax in autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia, June 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(1):pii=20050. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.01.20050-en Received: 15 Dec 2011

Abstract

Three probable cases of cutaneous anthrax were reported in June 2011 in the eastern part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. All cases were involved in slaughtering of a heifer that died and was suspected to have had anthrax. In the same village, anthrax was confirmed in other animals.