Anthrax has been found in two heroin users from Glasgow - one of whom has died in hospital. Police believe contaminated heroin or a contaminated cutting agent may be responsible for the serious soft tissue infections and if there was a contaminated batch of heroin on the streets, they need to trace it and recover it.
Anthrax is an acute bacterial infection most commonly found in hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. It normally infects humans when they inhale or ingest anthrax spores, but cannot be passed from person to person.
The last death from anthrax in Scotland was in 2006 when a man died after inhaling the spores. The 50-year-old craftsman made drums with materials such as untreated animal hides.
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