EFSA Supporting PublicationsVolume 12, Issue 8 863E Technical reportOpen Access Fatal human case of Bacillus anthracis infection and bovine meat contamination in Bulgaria. First update, 7 August 2015 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)Search for more papers by this author European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)Search for more papers by this author First published: 07 August 2015 https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2015.EN-863Citations: 1 Published date: 7 August 2015 Question number: EFSA-Q-2015-00459 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References American Public Health Association. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th edition. DL Heymann, editor. Washington DC, USA. 2008. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Anthrax 2015 [23/07/2015]. ECDC health topic]. Available from: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/anthrax/Pages/index.aspx. Ringertz SH, Hoiby EA, Jensenius M, Maehlen J, Caugant DA, Myklebust A, et al. Injectional anthrax in a heroin skin-popper. Lancet (London, England). 2000 Nov 4; 356(9241): 1574– 5. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report 2014 – food- and waterborne diseases and zoonoses. Stockholm: ECDC, 2014. Popescu R, Pistol A, Miltaru L, Caplan D, Cucuiu R, Popovici F. Two cases of infection with Bacillus anthracis, Romania, October 2011. Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. 2011; 16(45). CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Human Ingestion of Bacillus anthracis-contaminated Meat, Minnesota, August 2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2000; 49: 813– 6. Halat Z. Anthrax outbreak in Kyrgyzstan and Russia 2011 [28 July 2015]. Available from: http://alergia.org.pl/lek.arch2/archiwum/0303/2003_0305.htm. World Animal Health Information of Disease interface database [Internet]. 2015 [cited 28 July 2015]. Available from: http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Diseaseinformation/statusdetail. World Health Organisation (WHO). Anthrax in humans and animals, 4th Edition. 2008. EFSA BIOHAZ Panel (EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards). Scientific Opinion on the public health hazards to be covered by inspection of meat (bovine animals). EFSA Journal 2013; 11(6):3266:261. 261 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3266 ProMED. ANTHRAX – BULGARIA (04): (VARNA) CONTAMINATED MEAT PRODUCTS 2015 [24/07/2015]. Available from: http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=3531777. Citing Literature Volume12, Issue8August 2015863E ReferencesRelatedInformation