Published Date: 2012-09-11 21:19:50
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax, human - UK (08): (England) clarification
Archive Number: 20120911.1290353
ANTHRAX, HUMAN - UNITED KINGDOM (08): (ENGLAND) CLARIFICATION
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Date: 11 Sep 2012
From: Amanda Walsh [edited]
<Amanda.Walsh@hpa.org.uk>
In response to ProMED posting "ANTHRAX, HUMAN - UNITED KINGDOM (07): (ENGLAND) FATAL", for clarification we can confirm that the wording used in the HPA press statement is a standard phrase and doesn't mean there was any uncertainty about the information given.
We can also confirm that the case in Wales is separate and this was confirmed by Public Health Wales on Fri 7 Sep 2012.
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/24028.
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Mandy Walsh
Emerging Infections and Zoonoses
Health Protection Agency: Health Protection Services, Colindale
London, England.
<Amanda.Walsh@hpa.org.uk>
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Date: 11 Sep 2012
From: Bob Spencer [edited]
<Bob.Spencer@hpa.org.uk>
My understanding is that this is the 2nd addict from Blackpool to have died of anthrax. The Welsh patient is still alive as far as I know.
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Robert Spencer,
(presently on sabbatical leave)
<Bob.Spencer@hpa.org.uk>
[Pose a question and folk present the answer. In a severely economically challenged city with casinos and unemployment it is to be expected that there are drug addicts who it seems, unfortunately, are unaware of the need to seek medical help as soon as one develops a fever and without any delays. In the "old days" Blackpool was a much favoured place for working folk in the Midlands to go to for fun with music halls, restaurants & bars, dance halls, lots of celebrities, nationally known illuminations, beach front. Those days are long past.
One more news report but it adds little:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/911444-outbreak-fears-as-second-heroin-user-dies-from-anthrax-infection
And thanks to Mandy and Bob for satisfying the academic curiosity of this questioning moderator. - Mod.MHJ
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1fj0.]
See Also
Anthrax, human - UK (07): (England) fatal 20120910.1288617Anthrax, human - UK (06): (Wales) new heroin case 20120907.1285521
Anthrax, human - UK (05): (England) new heroin case 20120817.1249471
Anthrax, human - UK (04): (England) warning 20120814.1243817
Anthrax, human - UK (03): (Scotland) HPS briefing docs. 20120731.1223145
Anthrax, human - UK (02): (Scotland) new heroin related case, alert 20120725.1214623
Anthrax, human - UK: (Scotland) heroin users case control study 20120525.1143693
Anthrax - France: (RA) conf. heroin case 20120714.1201908
Anthrax - Germany (08): (Berlin) ongoing investigations 20120713.1200646
Anthrax - Germany (07): (Berlin) early self treatment 20120710.1196322
Anthrax - Germany (06): (Berlin) new case 20120705.1191168
Anthrax - Germany (05) 20120705.1190288
Anthrax - Germany (03): strain identified 20120624.1179225
Anthrax - Germany (02): (BY) 2nd heroin case, RFI 20120621.1175326
Anthrax - Germany: (BY) fatal, heroin user 20120612.1165823
Anthrax, human - Denmark (03): fatal conf. heroin case 20120709.1195198
2011
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Anthrax, human - UK, Germany 2010: heroin users, final report 20111231.3712
...and there are a number relating to the UK outbreaks in 2009-2010
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