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Alternate Name(s): <p>Wool sorter's disease; Ragpicker's disease</p> ...... Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacteria called Bacillus anthracis . Infection in humans most often involves the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, or the lungs. See also: Cutaneous anthrax ; Inhalation anthrax
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Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. ... Anthrax is most common in agricultural regions where it occurs in animals. These include South and Central America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. When anthrax affects humans,
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Anthrax is most common in areas where people raise livestock and where public health programs are lax. Animals get anthrax by grazing on soils contaminated with anthrax spores. Anthrax in people is usually the result of a work-related exposure to infected animals or contaminated ... Return to Infectious Facts Index...
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www.dhpe.org/infect/Anthrax.html
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Anthrax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anthrax is an acute disease caused by Bacillus anthracis . It affects both humans and animals. Most forms of the disease are highly lethal. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some fo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax
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Home page for all CDC anthrax information. Includes basic information as well as information for health and lab professionals. Part of the CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response site. ... Anthrax: Fact Sheets and Overviews...
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www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/basics/factsheets.asp
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/basics/factsheets.asp
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Home page for all CDC anthrax information. Includes basic information as well as information for health and lab professionals. Part of the CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response site. ... Anthrax image...
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www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/
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Internal Medicine - Doctors for Adults ... Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. ... The serious forms of human anthrax are inhalation, cutaneous, and intestinal...
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www.acponline.org/bioterro/anthrax_facts.htm
www.acponline.org/bioterro/anthrax_facts.htm
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However, we have still learned a number of important facts about anthrax as a result of this tragedy. For example, the incubation period (the time from exposure of people to the spores to the development of symptoms) ranged from one day to six weeks.
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