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Two cases of anthrax found in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP)--Two people were hospitalized with anthrax in southern Kyrgyzstan after eating beef that may have carried the deadly illness, an official said Aug. 5.
The two were being treated at a hospital, while another 38 families--who were from the same village, Pakhta-Abad, and ate the same meat--were undergoing precautionary checks, said Health Ministry spokeswoman Yelena Bayalinova.
Anthrax is a deadly disease that can pass to humans from infected animals such as sheep and cattle. Anthrax spores were earlier used in several still-unsolved attacks that claimed five lives in the United States, and many fear terrorists could use such tactics.
In June, five people were diagnosed with anthrax in Kyrgyzstan's southern district of Suzak, 100 kilometers (62 miles) northwest of Pakhta-Abad.
Veterinary services in this former Soviet republic in Central Asia have been underfunded since the Soviet collapse, and disease outbreaks are common among livestock.
Date: 8/23/04
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