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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (381)	10/12/2001 10:00:37 PM
From: stomper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

There is between 2000 and 5000 total (all forms) of human anthrax infection yearly. The largest bulk of them are in Zimbabwe and several other African nations. In the U.S. there are less than 5 cases of anthrax (diagnosed) yearly. As the last inhalation diagnosis was over 20 years ago, the several that are reported each year are typically cutaneous. Cutaneous anthrax has a mortality rate of 10-20% without treatment. With treatment mortality rate is less than 1%. Inhalation form has an 85% mortality rate, even with treatment. I just don't wamt anyone to think that there are thousands of these cases a year in the U.S., and that it's no big deal. A one in five mortality rate is HUGE for an infection, and the man who died in FL had inhalation infection, so that strain is in fact out there. We need to be vigilant, but honest with what's going on also. -dave

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (381)	10/12/2001 10:13:51 PM
From: SeachRE	Respond to of 99280

The same bacteria causes all 3 types of Anthrax. The incidence in humans is very low in the USA, but can be found in some animals especially in Texas,Oklahoma,Mississipi ,South Dakota and other neighboring states. A significant number of human cases(usually farm workers) in the past was left undiagnosed because most doctors had little knowledge of this illness.They would just treat patients with antibiotics empirically for "bad furunculosis". Now is a different story because every doc in the country is searching for IT, and using very sensitive methods of testing to avoid false-negatives(this also may cause a few false-positives,i.e., the more sensitive, the less specific, usually).Panic is the worst enemy here. Hope the FBI nail the perpetrators soon.Just my limited 2 cents.