Gelosa L
Ann Sclavo. 1978 Nov-Dec;20(6):907-19.
Preliminary the statistical data are reported about human malignant pustule denounced in Italy in different Districts, in Lombardia and in Province of Milan. Correlatively the outbreaks and cases of haematic anthrax in animals declared in Italy, in different Districts, in Lombardia and in Province of Milan. Then the outbreaks of malignant pustule in Province of Milan are related in 1975-1977 period in the resident population where is considerable concentration of the leather manufactures. The epidemiological and microbiological researches have determined the relation among the outbreak of malignant pustule and the working of the hides imported from African Countries (Nigeria, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa, Burundi-Kenya, Uganda) containing the spores of b. anthrax. The spores besides to cause infections of the workmen employed in the hide manufacture (industrial anthrax) through the effluents and solid refuses from the tanneries, are dispended upon the tiled ground and determine outbreak the haematic anthrax in the animals and agricultural coutaneus anthrax in the men.
初步报告了意大利不同地区、伦巴第大区以及米兰省上报的人类恶性脓疱的统计数据。相关地，还报告了意大利不同地区、伦巴第大区以及米兰省申报的动物血源性炭疽疫情和病例。随后阐述了1975 - 1977年期间米兰省恶性脓疱疫情与皮革制造业高度集中的常住人口之间的关系。流行病学和微生物学研究确定了恶性脓疱疫情与从非洲国家（尼日利亚、坦桑尼亚、埃塞俄比亚、南非、布隆迪 - 肯尼亚、乌干达）进口的含有炭疽芽孢杆菌孢子的生皮加工之间的关联。这些孢子除了通过制革厂的废水和固体废弃物导致从事生皮加工的工人感染（职业性炭疽）外，还散布在瓷砖地面上，引发动物的血源性炭疽和人类的农业性皮肤炭疽疫情。
