However, in the US, when children have high blood lead levels, it's usually because of lead-based paint (which was banned from use in housing in 1978) and lead-contaminated dust. In this outbreak, lead dust from the mines was to blame.
Note: Several aspects of the original outbreaks and investigations have been altered to fit the format and length of this application. In 2001, Disease Detectives helped solve an anthrax terrorist attack which affected many people across the United States. Disease Detectives worked in each of these cases to determine the cause of the outbreak.Īnthrax also has been used as a bioterrorist threat in the United States. In 2009, a New Hampshire woman became sick with gastrointestinal anthrax (a very rare form of the disease that causes flu-like symptoms, sore throat, nausea, and diarrhea) after participating in a drumming event. Your hard work helped to solve this outbreak!Īlthough this scenario was not real, there have been several real-life investigations of anthrax illness involving drums made of contaminated animal hides.ĭisease Detectives worked in 2006 to determine that a drum maker in Pennsylvania caught inhalation anthrax by working with dried goat hides that had traces of anthrax spores.
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