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Volume 20, Number 7—July 2014
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Lessons for Control of Heroin-Associated Anthrax in Europe from 2009–2010 Outbreak Case Studies, London, UK

Aula Abbara, Tim Brooks, Graham P. Taylor, Marianne Nolan, Hugo Donaldson, Maribel Manikon, and Alison HolmesComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK (A. Abbara, G.P. Taylor, M. Nolan, H. Donaldson, M. Manikon, A. Holmes); Public Health England, Porton Down, UK (T. Brooks)

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Figure 1

Manifestation of heroin-associated anthrax in patient 1, who injected heroin under the skin of her left thigh. Panel A demonstrates substantial edema and blistering of skin. Manifestation is more pronounced in Panel B, which demonstrates more blistering and bruising.

Figure 1. Manifestation of heroin-associated anthrax in patient 1, who injected heroin under the skin of her left thighPanel A demonstrates substantial edema and blistering of skinManifestation is more pronounced in Panel B, which demonstrates more blistering and bruising.

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