Anthrax
Anthrax is a bacterial disease caused by an organism called Bacillus anthracis. This organism is capable of producing spores - essentially a protective casing - which allows it to survive for decades in soil and other similar ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
1. Cutaneous - common
A serious bacterial infection of livestock that can spread to humans Anthrax is a rare disease that primarily affects animals, not humans. Find out the common types and how to treat it. The last case of inhalational (pulmonary) anthrax in England ... [... more]
BBC |
Stephen Handelman
Anthrax. Smallpox. Incurable and horrifying Ebola-related fevers. For two decades, while a fearful world prepared for nuclear winter, an elite team of Russian bioweaponeers began to till a new killing field: a bleak tract sown with powerful seeds ... [... more]
Random House |
John Schwartz
A deadly cloud of powdered anthrax spores settles unnoticed over a crowded football stadium.... A school cafeteria lunch is infected with a drug-resistant strain of E. coli.... Thousands in a bustling shopping mall inhale a lethal... Michael T. ... [... more]
Random House |
Michael T. Osterholm Phd., M.P.H.
A deadly cloud of powdered anthrax spores settles unnoticed over a crowded football stadium.... A school cafeteria lunch is infected with a drug-resistant strain of E. coli.... Thousands in a bustling shopping mall inhale a lethal... click for ... [... more]
Random House |
Bacillus anthracis
Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by , spores of which can survive in the environment for years or decades. It is primarily a disease of herbivorous mammals, though other animals and some birds, particularly carrion birds, can also contract it. [... more]
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