Aug 21,  Sirajganj, Bangladesh (Tazakhobor.com):  Atleast 38 people including two children have contracted Anthrax disease at Chithhulia under Kayempur of Shahjadpur Upazila, the district's civil surgeon confirmed.

The incident count increase to 38, after 12 new cases identified yesterday. All of them got got sick after consuming beef and coming in close contact with cows.
A 12 member expert teams lead by Subodh Kumar Kundu from the Dhaka's Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) reached the northern district on Thursday and jointly started to treat the infected people.
Subodh Kumar Kundu, chief scientific officer of IEDCR told reporters they had found similarities between symptoms of anthrax and the infected 38. In addition they have also collected different specimens including blood from the patients and the mud of the barns of the infected cows. A team from the district civil surgeon's office led by Dr Shariful Islam and district sanitary inspector Ramchandra Saha on Thursday morning visited the village and confirmed the infection.

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Source: Bdbangla-News From New Age
Key words: Disease, Anthrax Disease, Cattle Borne Disease, Anthrax in Bangladesh, Anthrax In Sirajganj, Infectious Disease
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