Anthrax in eastern Turkey, 1992-2004

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Zulal Ozkurt, * Mehmet Parlak, * Rustu Tastan, ([dagger]) Ufuk Dinler, ([double dagger]) Yavuz S. Saglam, * and Serhat F. Ozyurek ([section])

* Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey; ([dagger]) University of Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey, ([double dagger]) Institute of Veterinary Control and Research, Erzurum, Turkey; and ([section]) Health Directorate, Erzurum, Turkey

Address for correspondence: Zulal Ozkurt, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey; fax: 90-442-316-6340; email: zozkurt@ atauni.edu.tr

Dr Ozkurt is an infectious specialist in the Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. Her primary research interests are hospital infections and zoonoses (brucellosis, Q fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and anthrax).

Table. Distribution of anthrax cases in cities, eastern Turkey

City        No. human cases   No. animal cases

Agri              35                 28
Ardahan           45                 39
Artvin            13                 15
Bayburt           30                 47
Erzincan          24                 23
Erzurum           198               170
Igdir             31                 29
Gumushane         24                 19
Kars              103                94
Total             503               464