摘要
目的 分析皖北地区一起皮肤炭疽聚集性疫情的发生原因和流行病学特征,提出有针对性防控建议.方法 在疫情发生后,对皮肤炭疽病例进行流行病学调查,同时采集病例标本及环境样本开展实验室检测.结果 此次疫情共报告皮肤炭疽病例11例,其中确诊病例2例、临床诊断病例6例、疑似病例3例;分布在阜阳颍州区某屠宰场5例、亳州利辛县某村庄6例;病例均从事牛只养殖、屠宰、销售等工作,感染来源均指向 自外省某牲畜交易市场购买的牛只.结论 本次疫情为一起由省外输入染疫动物引起的本地人间疫情,直接接触染疫牛只是导致感染的主要原因.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the underlying factors and epidemiological traits of a cluster epidemic of cutaneous anthrax in Northern Anhui,to formulate targeted preventive and control strategies.After the epidemic,a rigorous epidemiological investigation was undertaken,including collection of clinical specimens and environmental samples for laboratory analysis.A total of 11 cutaneous anthrax cases were reported,comprising 2 confirmed,6 clinically diagnosed,and 3 suspected cases.These cases were geographically dispersed across a slaughterhouse in Yingzhou District,Fuyang City(5 ca-ses),and a village in Lixin County,Bozhou City(6 cases).All cases were in people engaged in cattle breeding,slaughtering,sales,and other work.The source of infection was traced to cattle purchased from a livestock trading market in another prov-ince.Our findings underscore that this epidemic was a locally transmitted,human-to-human outbreak stemming from the intro-duction of infected animals from another province.Notably,direct contact with infected cattle emerged as the primary mode of infection.