More tests are being run on the home and workspace of a Manhattan man in the city’s first known case of anthrax exposure since shortly after the September 11th terror attacks. Unlike those incidents, health officials believe 44-year-old Vado Diomande contracted the disease from animal skins he brought back from Africa to use to make drums. Diomande remains hospitalized in Pennsylvania Thursday morning where he had traveled to perform with a dance troupe.

City officials stress there is no cause for alarm, but they aren’t taking any chances.

Police, fire and emergency crews are testing his Brooklyn workspace and his West Village apartment for any signs of the bacteria. They believe the skins were kept in the warehouse in DUMBO.

Well, I’m perturbed by this, I’ll be honest. Weird that I was playing a freaking djambe drum last night at the Sugar Lounge in Brooklyn… I think I’ll go and wash my hands.