In the Odessa region of Ukraine, a case of anthrax was confirmed. On Wednesday, August 12, RIA Novosti reported this with reference to the Public Health Center of the country’s Ministry of Health.
The report on suspicion of anthrax was received by the Odessa Regional Laboratory Center. In the course of the epidemiological investigation, it turned out that the patient’s temperature rose on August 3, a boil appeared on the lower leg, which turned into an ulcer. The man did not seek medical help. It is clarified that the patient is buying animals and reselling them.
The man turned to doctors for help only on August 7, and on August 11, experts managed to isolate anthrax DNA by PCR, the website aif.ru writes.
Now specialists from the State Food and Consumer Service and experts from the regional laboratory center are taking measures to prevent the spread of the disease. Medical supervision of people with whom the sick person came into contact is being conducted, writes NSN.
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine recalled that anthrax is not transmitted from person to person. You can get infected through damaged skin or mucous membranes in contact with sick animals, as well as through insect bites, writes Gazeta.ru.
In August 2019, it was reported that a case of anthrax was recorded in a horse in the Brest region of Belarus. The last time anthrax was registered in the republic was in 1999.