By DAVID MUCHUIMore by this AuthorDoctors in Meru have ruled out insect bites as the cause of a disease outbreak that has left two people dead and 17 others undergoing treatment as focus now shifts to anthrax. DEAD COWS MEATTigania East disease surveillance officer Stephen Mutua said most patients have since admitted to eating meat from dead cattle. Related Content 2 dead in 'anthrax' outbreak in MeruAnthrax is a zoonotic disease (affecting both humans and animals) caused by a bacteria known as Bacillus Anthracis, spread by eating or coming into contact with contaminated carcasses. The disease presents itself through the skin (cutaneous anthrax) as well as the stomach and mouth (gastrointestinal anthrax). But what we have are clinical presentations of cutaneous anthrax.

Source: Daily Nation April 25, 2019 12:18 UTC