How many anthrax cases have we had in the United States in the last 50 years?
From January 1955 to December 1999, there were 236 reported cases of anthrax, most of them cutaneous, in 30 states and the District of Columbia. When was the last case of inhalational anthrax in the United States? The last case of inhalational anthrax in the United States, before 2001, was in 1976 in California. A home craftsman, who worked with yarn, died. Bacillus anthracis was isolated from some of the imported yarns used by the patient. (MMWR 1976;25:33,34.) When was the last case of cutaneous anthrax? The last case of cutaneous anthrax, before 2001, occurred in North Dakota, in 2000. It was the only case since 1992. To find out more about this case, read the following article: Human Anthrax Associated With an Epizootic Among Livestock North Dakota, 2000 (MMWR 2000; 5[32]:677; Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5032a1.htm Can you list the most recent cases of anthrax in the Southeast of the United States? Before October 2001, the last cases of anthrax, all cuta
