Outbreak: Anthrax Alarm

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Pharmaceutical Executive

Pharmaceutical Executive, Pharmaceutical Executive-03-01-2001, Volume 0, Issue 0

New Delhi, India-Anthrax, a disease that most commonly infects livestock, has been diagnosed at an increasing rate in humans in the southern states of India. The disease has been eradicated in the developed world but remains endemic in South India, mostly due to a lack of effective human and animal vaccines.