Research on anthrax sanitary clear and effect evaluation on tombs with anthrax bodies in three gorge area

  Objective   To explore methods for anthrax sanitary clear and effect evaluation, to have a sanitary clear to the tombs of anthracnose.

  Methods   Figuring out the distribution of the tombs of anthracnose bodies, having a sanitation clear to those tombs by burning and sterilizing by chloride of lime.Examining the anthrax bacillus by culturing methods and PCR, and evaluating the effect of these controls by epidemic survey.

  Results   There were 19 tombs of anthracnose cleared in Santuo and Dongwan villages in Anping rural area, Fengjie County.Before clearing, there were 2 tombs examined with anthrax bacillus.The coffins were digged out and sterilized together with the clay nearby.Then, the coffins and bodies were irrigated by diesel oil and burned by flamethrower.After burning, the tombs' pits and the remanent bodies were sterilized again by chloride of lime.Finally, the tombs were filled and tamped with clay, objects of 5 meters far from the tombs were sterilized.Examination were made to the samples sterilized after 1, 2, 3 day and 6 months.No anthrax bacillus were examined out.Anthracnose was not found among the personnel who attended the work or persons and animals nearby after 18 months.

  Conclusion   The combination of physical burning and chemical reagents can kill the anthrax bacillus, the methods for anthrax sanitary clear and evaluation was a good example to be followed.