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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS HR0xqGIF. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The recent anthrax outbreak among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Europe has highlighted an ongoing problem with severe illness resulting from spore-forming bacteria in IDUs. We collated the numbers of cases of 4 bacterial illnesses (botulism, tetanus, Clostridium novyi, and anthrax) in European IDUs for 2000 to 2009 and calculated population rates. Six countries reported 367 cases ; rates varied from 0.03 to 7.54 per million people. Most cases (92 %) were reported from 3 neighboring countries : Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom. This geographic variation needs investigation.
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