What is the background on this recent case of inhalation anthrax?
On February 22, 2006, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that a 44 year old male who lives in Manhattan was diagnosed with inhalation anthrax while visiting Pennsylvania. This patient makes drums from untanned animal hides (including goat and cow hides imported from Africa) in his workspace in a storage facility in downtown Brooklyn. (Tanning is the process for turning animal hides into leather).
