Globally, at least 2,000 cases occur a year. United States The last fatal case of natural inhalational<unk>  in the United States occurred in California in 1976, when a home weaver died after working with infected wool imported from Pakistan. To minimize the chance of spreading the disease, the body was transported to UCLA in a sealed plastic body bag within a sealed metal container for autopsy. Gastrointestinal<unk>  is exceedingly rare in the United States, with only two cases on record. The first case was reported in 1942, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During December 2009, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a case of gastrointestinal<unk>  in an adult female. In 2007 two cases of cutaneous<unk>  were reported in Danbury, Connecticut. The case involved the maker of traditional African-style drums who was working with a goat hide purchased from a dealer in New York City which had been previously cleared by Customs. While the hide was being scraped, a spider bite led to the spores entering the bloodstream. His son also became infected. The CDC investigated the source of the December 2009 infection and the possibility that it was contracted from an African drum recently used by the woman taking part in a drum circle. The woman apparently inhaled<unk> , in spore form, from the hide of the drum. She became critically ill, but with gastrointestinal<unk>  rather than inhaled<unk> , which made her unique in American medical history. The building where the infection took place was cleaned and reopened to the public and the woman recovered. The New Hampshire state epidemiologist, Jodie Dionne-Odom, stated "It is a mystery. We really don't know why it happened." United Kingdom In November 2008, a drum maker in the United Kingdom who worked with untreated animal skins died from<unk> . In December 2009, an outbreak of<unk>  occurred among heroin addicts in the Glasgow and Stirling areas of Scotland, resulting in 14 deaths. The source of the<unk>  is believed to have been dilution of the heroin with bone meal in Afghanistan.
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