RANCHI: Two individuals had been tested positive of anthrax in a village in Simdega district earlier this week after allegedly eating the meat of an infected livestock.
Bipin Bilung (42) and Vijay Bilung (35), residents of Kadamtoli Khanja-Loya village beneath Pakadtand panchayat, had been admitted to the Simdega district health center with anthrax like symptoms on the morning of June 7, senior officials within the state ministry of health, medical training and family welfare in Ranchi informed the TOI on Tuesday.
"The sputum and skin swore swabs of the suspected patients were sent to the laboratory in the district hospital for tests. The test confirmed anthrax infection," Dr Sumant Mishra, director of state health products and services said.
Bipin Bilung (42) and Vijay Bilung (35), residents of Kadamtoli Khanja-Loya village beneath Pakadtand panchayat, had been admitted to the Simdega district health center with anthrax like symptoms on the morning of June 7, senior officials within the state ministry of health, medical training and family welfare in Ranchi informed the TOI on Tuesday.
"The sputum and skin swore swabs of the suspected patients were sent to the laboratory in the district hospital for tests. The test confirmed anthrax infection," Dr Sumant Mishra, director of state health products and services said.
Anthrax outbreak in Simdega: 2 test positive
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