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Anthrax
Anthrax
Statutory notification alert
Anthrax is a notifiable infectious disease in Western Australia.
Alert:
cases must be reported urgently by telephone to the Public Health Unit within a few hours of first suspicion of diagnosis.
See
notifiable communicable disease case definitions (Word 1.29MB)
.
Notifications should be made using the communicable disease notification form for
metropolitan residents (PDF 214KB)
or
regional residents (PDF 213KB)
.
For notification of regional residents see
contact details of public health units
.
See also description of
Statutory medical notifications in Western Australia
.
Public health management
Important information
Infectious agent
:
Bacillus anthracis
.
Transmission
: Mainly from contact with tissues, hides, wool, bone products of once infected animals, handling infected animals or eating contaminated undercooked meat.
Incubation period
: Usually 1 to 7 days but sometimes up to 60 days.
Infectious period
: Person to person transmission is rare.
Case exclusion
: Do not exclude.
Contact exclusion
: Do not exclude.
Treatment
: Antibiotic treatment as recommended by the doctor.
Immunisation
: Available but not used routinely.
Case follow-up
: Is conducted by Public Health Units and the Communicable Disease Control Directorate.
Notifiable disease data and reports
Notifiable infectious disease dashboard
Infectious disease data resources
Produced by
Public Health