[Appearance of human anthrax in Ivory Coast forests]

Eight cases of human anthrax were reported in 1983 from Ivory Coast Republic, all of them in the tropical forest belt (7 degrees 30' N). Clinical forms were: cephalic cutaneous (4 cases), intestinal (1 case) and very likely neurological (3 cases). Human disease was correlated to epizootic anthrax occuring in sheeps and goats within this area. Bacteriological cultures of animal material confirmed the diagnosis. This report of human anthrax is the second one coming from Ivory Coast Republic but the first one from the western Africa forest belt.