Epidemiologie questions from anthrax outbreak, Hunter Valley, Australia (letter)

Title: Epidemiologie questions from anthrax outbreak, Hunter Valley, Australia (letter)
Creator: Durrheim, David N.; Freeman, Paul; Roth, Ian; Hornitzky, Michael
Relation: Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 15, Issue 5, p. 840-842
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.081744
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: Anthrax was introduced into Australia in 1847 near Sydney, New South Wales, and spread along stock routes throughout New South Wales and southern Queensland. Anthrax was considered endemic to the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, during the 1890s. The last recorded anthrax-related stock losses there occurred on 3 properties in the Upper Hunter Valley in 1939. During the past 4 decades, anthrax has become uncommon in Australia. However, our experience is a timely reminder that veterinary public health authorities should be on high alert for possible anthrax when unexpected livestock deaths follow flooding in areas where anthrax has historically occurred.
Subject: anthrax; New South Wales; Hunter Valley; Rouchel area; flooding
Identifier: uon:6866
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805443
Identifier: ISSN:1080-6040
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