CDC Researchers Identify New Occupational Disease Among Metalworkers
CDC researchers have identified welder's anthrax, a rare and serious occupational pneumonia caused by bacteria that produce anthrax toxin in metalworkers.
Original article published by the CDC
Welder’s anthrax is a newly identified, rare but serious disease. Welder’s anthrax is a pneumonia in a metalworker caused by bacteria that produces anthrax toxin. Seven patients diagnosed with what is now termed welder’s anthrax were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1994–2020. The job title of six patients was welder, and the job title of the seventh was metalworker. This is the first report to describe this newly identified occupational disease and provide additional information on cases, describe possible infection mechanisms, and outline ways to prevent welder’s anthrax in the workplace.
ARTICLE
MA de Perio et al. Welder’s Anthrax: A Review of an Occupational Disease published in the journal, Pathogens. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11040402external icon
HOW TO ACCESS THE REPORT AND BLOG
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