E P IDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF ANIMAL AND HUMAN ANTHRAX DISTRIBUTION

Abstract

Worldwide, anthrax disease is commonly spread among agricultural animals in the developing countries and it is rare in the developed countries. Bacillus anthracis is one of the main causative agents that can be used for bioterrorism purposes. Bacillus anthracis has received enormous attention as means of biological terror in the United States in 2001. In Mongolia, natural anthrax foci were determined in 19 Aimags, Ulanbaatar city and 188 Soums and Districts out of 21 Aimags, city, 340 districts and Soums that were inspected. In the recent years, the number of anthrax cases in humans is increased and the border of the natural foci has been extended to the Gobi region, particularly in the Gobi-Altao, Dundgobi Aimags. An outbreak occurred in Selenge Aimag.