Anthrax risk factors

Risk factors for contracting anthrax include handling of livestock or livestock products, playing animal hide drums, working in a laboratory researching anthrax, and traveling to an endemic region such as Central and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and southwestern Asia, Southern and eastern Europe, or the Caribbean. Risk factors for anthrax in the setting of bioterrorism are: working as a mail handler, military personnel, or response worker.

People at higher risk of being infected with anthrax include:^[1]

• Veterinarians
• Laboratory professionals dealing the bacteria
• Health care workers
• Livestock producers
• People who handle animal products
• Mail handlers, military personnel, and response workers, in case of bioterrorism
• People who make or play animal hide drums
• Travelers, particularly to the follow areas:

• Central and South America
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Central and southwestern Asia
• Southern and eastern Europe
• The Caribbean

The following link of the Department of Labor can be used to determine whether or not one is at risk for an anthrax infection.[3]

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