Local anthrax fiercer than US one

Local anthrax fiercer than US one

BOGOR: The anthrax outbreak in Bogor involved a strain more
easily transmitted than the anthrax used in the attacks in the
United States, a researcher warned on Friday.

Bogor Veterinary Research Institute researcher Lili Natalia
said unlike the U.S. strain which could infect people through
open wounds, the Bogor strain could pass through skin.

She said the institute was still studying samples taken from
seven people from Kadumanggu who were infected with the disease.

Separately, Bogor regency administration spokesman Sjahuri
said it was believed the residents were infected by a goat which
was not vaccinated during a program in October, last year.

Sjahuri said the regency would cooperate with the Bogor
Institute of Agriculture to vaccinate goats which would be
sacrificed on the Islamic Day of Sacrifice on Feb. 12.--JP