Anthrax. Medical search. Frequent questions

When anthrax spores get into the skin, usually through a cut or scrape, a person can develop cutaneous anthrax. (cdc.gov)
When a person breathes in anthrax spores, they can develop inhalation anthrax. (cdc.gov)
Once ingested, anthrax spores can affect the upper gastrointestinal tract (throat and esophagus), stomach, and intestines, causing a wide variety of symptoms. (cdc.gov)
Anthrax is spread by contact with the bacterium's spores, which often appear in infectious animal products. (wikipedia.org)
You can get anthrax if spores get into your body, break open and release the bacteria, which make toxins (poison) that harm you. (webmd.com)
If you breathe in anthrax spores, this is the most dangerous situation. (webmd.com)
If they think you may have breathed in the spores that yield anthrax bacteria, you may get a chest X-ray or CT scan . (webmd.com)
Public health officials began a search of Stevens' home and car to try to find the source of the anthrax spores. (bbc.co.uk)
Powdered anthrax spores were sent via letters in U.S. mail. (healthline.com)
You can get anthrax through indirect or direct contact by touching, inhaling, or ingesting anthrax spores. (healthline.com)
Once anthrax spores get inside your body and activate, the bacteria multiply, spread, and produce toxins. (healthline.com)
Anthrax spores are microscopic. (healthline.com)
Spores that cause anthrax can sit in the soil for as long as 100 years and are released during certain environmental conditions such as precipitation followed by high heat and humidity.Humans can contract the disease by inhaling spores, by allowing an open wound to come into contact with blood from an infected animal, or by consuming an infected animal. (ticotimes.net)
The theory is that the hot weather has resulted in anthrax spores being released from burial sites and carried elsewhere by the wind. (truthdig.com)
Anthrax spores, the persistent, dormant form of the bacterium, can cause infection through the skin and intestine, but inhalation is the most dangerous - around 90% of cases result in death. (innovations-report.com)
Turning anthrax into an effective bioweapon is technically difficult - spores must be milled down into a very fine powder (less than 5 micrometres in diameter) for them to reach the depths of the lungs in sufficient quantities to cause infection. (innovations-report.com)
Anthrax bacteria can survive in the environment for decades by forming spores. (who.int)
Later, two mailroom employees tested positive for anthrax, and anthrax spores were found on Bob Stevens' computer keyboard. (kzyx.org)
That would minimize disease by maximizing the chances that anthrax spores in the body are killed off before they can germinate in the lymph nodes and cause sickness. (bioedonline.org)
You can catch it from contact with infected animals or, very rarely, through anthrax spores. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Inhalational anthrax is caused by breathing bacterial spores into your lungs - this usually affects people who work with animal hides or products. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Anthrax spores are found in the soil in Australia and can stay there for many years. (healthdirect.gov.au)
There have also been rare cases overseas where people have sent anthrax spores through the mail. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Envelopes containing Bacillus anthracis spores were mailed to several East Coast media outlets and two US senators' offices, leading to 22 anthrax cases and 5 deaths. (umn.edu)
The identification tag, a fluorescent orange bar code on (5,6), and an intentional release of anthrax spores there was the back of the envelope, records the time and date that the let- considered unlikely. (cdc.gov)
Patients with inhalational anthrax have a history of exposure to sources of anthrax spores. (medscape.com)
Stools negative for amebic cysts or trophs and for Shigella suggest the possibility of intestinal anthrax in patients residing near areas where anthrax is endemic (ie, in pastures where herbivores graze) or after ingestion of spores from hand/food contact. (medscape.com)
when it does, it usually results from skin contact but can result from inhaling anthrax spores, eating contaminated meat, or rarely by injecting contaminated illicit drugs. (msdmanuals.com)
Anthrax spores are a potential biological weapon. (msdmanuals.com)
Anthrax bacteria produce spores that can live for years in soil. (msdmanuals.com)
Although infection in people usually occurs through the skin, it can also result from inhaling spores (inhalation anthrax), eating contaminated, undercooked meat (gastrointestinal anthrax), or rarely by injecting contaminated illicit drugs. (msdmanuals.com)
because anthrax spores can be spread through the air and inhaled. (msdmanuals.com)
In the anthrax bioattacks of 2001, spores were spread in envelopes mailed via the United States Postal Service. (msdmanuals.com)

Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a germ that lives in soil. (medlineplus.gov)
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. (wikipedia.org)
The Prussian scientist Robert Koch (1843-1910) was the first to identify Bacillus anthracis as the bacterium that causes anthrax. (wikipedia.org)
Anthrax is caused by a type of bacteria called Bacillus anthracis . (webmd.com)
Anthrax is a serious infectious illness caused by the microbe Bacillus anthracis . (healthline.com)
Anthrax is primarily a zoonotic disease in herbivores caused by a bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. (who.int)
Anthrax (also known as 'wool-sorter's disease') is a serious infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria known as bacillus anthracis . (healthdirect.gov.au)
This outbreak was caused by anthrax bacillus transmitted to contacts from the tissues of the sick cow. (who.int)

Lots of other more common bacteria can cause skin and injection site infections, so a skin or injection site infection in a drug user does not necessarily mean the person has anthrax. (cdc.gov)
Anthrax is an infectious disease that's caused by bacteria. (webmd.com)
And a stool test can look for signs of anthrax bacteria in order to diagnose gastrointestinal anthrax. (webmd.com)
You'll get a blood test to check for antibodies to anthrax or toxin made by the anthrax bacteria in your blood . (webmd.com)
Teams of FBI agents wearing protective clothing have been continuing to comb the offices of a Florida magazine publishers where traces of the deadly anthrax bacteria were found. (bbc.co.uk)
The second man to be infected with the potentially deadly anthrax bacteria, 73-year-old Ernesto Blanco, is a former colleague of the man who died from the disease on Friday. (bbc.co.uk)
Mr Blanco has not developed any symptoms of anthrax infection but a swab taken from his nose has tested positive for the bacteria which cause the illness. (bbc.co.uk)
Ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic drug, is prescribed for patients suffering from anthrax and other bacteria. (corpwatch.org)
During the 2001 anthrax attacks, thousands of Americans who were possibly exposed to the deadly bacteria were given a powerful antibiotic, Cipro. (galen.org)
Anthrax is a very rare but serious disease caused by bacteria from infected animals. (healthdirect.gov.au)
In cutaneous anthrax, bacteria enter your body through broken skin or wounds. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Anthrax bacteria produce several toxins, which cause many of the symptoms. (msdmanuals.com)

Likely delivery methods of weaponized anthrax include aerial dispersal or dispersal through livestock, notable bioterrorism uses include the 2001 anthrax attacks and an incident in 1993 by the Aum Shinrikyo group in Japan. (wikipedia.org)

In October 2001, the first inhalational anthrax case in the United States since 1976 was identified in a media company worker in Florida. (cdc.gov)
the cials, leading to the first bioterrorism-related cases of anthrax last reported case of inhalational anthrax in the United States in the United States. (cdc.gov)
Outbreaks of conducted through coordinated efforts of medical and labora- inhalational anthrax among humans were linked to occupa- tory communities and local, state, and federal public health tional exposures at a goat-hair-processing plant in New and law enforcement agencies. (cdc.gov)
After a patient in Connecticut died from inhalational anthrax on November 19, the center was sampled again on November 21 and 25 by using dry and wet swabs. (cdc.gov)
These results suggest cross-contaminated mail as a possible source of anthrax for the inhalational anthrax patient in Connecti- cut. (cdc.gov)
Epidemio- machines, 5 optical character reader machines, 5 bar-code sort- logic investigation of the first nine patients with inhalational ing machines, and 13 digital bar-code sorting (DBCS) machines anthrax showed that they were exposed to particulate aerosols for processing letters. (cdc.gov)
The final case of inhalational anthrax in 2001, reported on that are not packages) and parcels (wrapped packages). (cdc.gov)
The differential diagnosis varies among cutaneous, inhalational, and intestinal anthrax. (medscape.com)
Do not confuse inhalational anthrax with the zoonotic atypical pneumonias. (medscape.com)
The primary clinical manifestation of inhalational anthrax is hemorrhagic mediastinitis with bloody pleural effusions. (medscape.com)
Mediastinitis very closely resembles inhalational anthrax on chest radiographs, but their clinical presentations are different. (medscape.com)
The initial phase of inhalational anthrax may resemble bacterial mediastinitis, but it is associated with hemoptysis, severe substernal chest pain, and shock, which is very different from bacterial mediastinitis. (medscape.com)

Inhalation anthrax is considered to be the most deadly form of anthrax. (cdc.gov)
Inhalation anthrax starts primarily in the lymph nodes in the chest before spreading throughout the rest of the body, ultimately causing severe breathing problems and shock. (cdc.gov)
Without treatment, inhalation anthrax is almost always fatal. (cdc.gov)
You might get an X-ray of your chest or CT scan if your doctor thinks you might have inhalation anthrax. (webmd.com)
Inhalation anthrax, gastrointestinal anthrax, and injection anthrax are not spread from person to person. (msdmanuals.com)

What Causes Anthrax? (webmd.com)
Though closely related to B. anthracis , which causes anthrax, B. cereus produces severe infections only if it has gained a cluster of genes from the anthrax bacterium. (newscientist.com)

By comparison, the currently available anthrax vaccine, BioThrax Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, which was initially licensed by the FDA in 1970, requires six doses over a period of eighteen months to achieve protective immunity and is required to be stored at between two degrees Celsius and eight degrees Celsius. (genengnews.com)
elivaldogene autotemcel, anthrax vaccine adsorbed, adjuvanted. (medscape.com)
teplizumab decreases effects of anthrax vaccine adsorbed, adjuvanted by Other (see comment). (medscape.com)
Serious - Use Alternative (1) elivaldogene autotemcel, anthrax vaccine adsorbed, adjuvanted. (medscape.com)

Gastrointestinal anthrax has rarely been reported in the United States. (cdc.gov)
When a person eats raw or undercooked meat from an animal infected with anthrax, they can develop gastrointestinal anthrax. (cdc.gov)
Without treatment, more than half of patients with gastrointestinal anthrax die. (cdc.gov)
The symptoms of gastrointestinal anthrax usually develop within a week of exposure. (healthline.com)

Anthrax, an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillum anthracis , can occur naturally in certain soils, with infection usually spread by grazing animals. (truthdig.com)

Reindeer herds in the warming northern Siberia region could be carrying the anthrax bacterium. (truthdig.com)

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, the first clinical descriptions of cutaneous anthrax were given by Maret in 1752 and Fournier in 1769. (wikipedia.org)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that anthrax is one of the most likely agents to be used in a biological attack. (healthline.com)
Tom Daschle, the former US Senator from South Dakota whose Washington office was targeted in the anthrax attacks, said he remembers a somewhat chaotic environment as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal agencies struggled to respond. (umn.edu)

The English name comes from anthrax (ἄνθραξ), the Greek word for coal, possibly having Egyptian etymology, because of the characteristic black skin lesions developed by people with a cutaneous anthrax infection. (wikipedia.org)

TRENTON --Rep. Rush Holt (D-Princeton) wants hearings into what he says is a lack of headway in the FBI's investigation into the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001. (911blogger.com)
Sep 1, 2011 (CIDRAP News) - Public health leaders, recalling and reflecting on the anthrax letter attacks of 2001 in a lengthy report released today, say the nation is better prepared to respond to such an emergency than it was 10 years ago, but their confidence is tinged with fear of slipping backward in the current era of budget cutting. (umn.edu)

All types of anthrax can eventually spread throughout the body and cause death if they are not treated with antibiotics. (cdc.gov)
Antibiotics often cure anthrax if it is diagnosed early. (medlineplus.gov)
Preventive treatment consists of antibiotics and the anthrax vaccine. (healthline.com)
If you've been exposed to anthrax and have symptoms, your doctor will treat you with antibiotics for 60 to 100 days . (healthline.com)
Of ten confirmed anthrax cases in the United States by Monday, four have been of the severe, inhaled form against which antibiotics often fail. (innovations-report.com)
Anthrax can be treated with antibiotics - the sooner the better. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Anthrax is treated immediately with antibiotics . (healthdirect.gov.au)

Anthrax isn't contagious, so you can't spread it to other people. (webmd.com)
Officials have stressed that anthrax is not contagious. (bbc.co.uk)
Anthrax in humans is not generally regarded as contagious, although rare records of person-to-person transmission exist. (who.int)
Anthrax is rare in humans and is not contagious from person to person. (msdmanuals.com)

Nearly as much as Metallica or Megadeth, Anthrax were responsible for the emergence of speed and thrash metal. (iheart.com)

In the Eastern Mediterranean region outbreaks of human anthrax have been reported from Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan and Sudan. (who.int)
They made spatial locations of anthrax outbreaks diagnosed by registered veterinary laboratories in the study area's zone of influence. (bvsalud.org)

John Young, of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and his colleagues have pinpointed the protein, on the surface of human cells, which the anthrax toxin latches onto 1 . (innovations-report.com)
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Now, there's a new toxin in town: Anthrax. (bostonmagazine.com)
We rendered anthrax toxin so that it's not toxic. (bostonmagazine.com)
Anthrax toxin is a professional at delivering large enzymes into cells," says Bradley Pentelute, the Pfizer-Laubauch Career Development assistant professor of chemistry at MIT. (bostonmagazine.com)
We wondered if we could render anthrax toxin nontoxic, and use it as a platform to deliver antibody drugs into cells. (bostonmagazine.com)
In a new paper published in the journal ChemBioChem , Pentelute and his team showed that they could not only disarm the anthrax toxin, but use it to deliver two proteins that can kill cancer cells. (bostonmagazine.com)
We are taking the anthrax toxin and modifying it to use it as powerful therapeutic. (bostonmagazine.com)

For intestinal infection the risk of death is 25 to 75%, while respiratory anthrax has a mortality of 50 to 80%, even with treatment. (wikipedia.org)
Intestinal anthrax develops from eating meat that comes from infected animals. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Intestinal anthrax is a difficult diagnosis that must be distinguished from dysentery. (medscape.com)
Dysentery may manifest as bloody diarrhea, as does intestinal anthrax, and may be accompanied by abdominal pain (eg, in cases of Shigella or amebic dysentery). (medscape.com)
A history of ingesting meat possibly contaminated with anthrax is helpful in suspected cases of intestinal anthrax. (medscape.com)
In tropical areas where bacillary and amebic dysentery are common, clinically differentiating intestinal anthrax from these endemic causes of dysentery is very difficult unless a cluster of dysentery cases or an outbreak is known to exist. (medscape.com)

Since vocalist Joey Belladonna rejoined the Anthrax line up a little more than a year ago, Anthrax has made one of the most impressive comebacks in metal. (noisecreep.com)
According to a posting at Blabbermouth , Scott Ian has announced to the official ANTHRAX fan club that Joey Belladonna has opted to leave the band and was not interested in recording any new material with the group. (metalinjection.net)

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (1843-1910), German physician and microbiologist, founder of modern bacteriology, identified the specific causative agents of TB, cholera, and anthrax and gave experimental support for the concept of infectious disease basing such discoveries on animal and human experimentation (Figure 1). (embs.org)
The German-American physician Anton Dilger established a secret biological laboratory in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with the intent to grow the causative agents of anthrax and glanders. (medscape.com)

Against the backdrop of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the US, the current anthrax crisis has raised highly controversial issues related to intellectual property rights. (corpwatch.org)
No doubt, it is unfair to compare the AIDS pandemic in South Africa with the current anthrax crisis in the US. (corpwatch.org)

Until the 20th century anthrax infections killed hundreds of thousands of people and animals each year. (wikipedia.org)

Recently, another type of anthrax infection has been identified in heroin-injecting drug users in northern Europe. (cdc.gov)
This is the only type of anthrax recorded in Australia. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Most people with this type of anthrax die if they are not treated in time. (healthdirect.gov.au)

NORRIS: On the 12th of October, another confirmed case of anthrax at NBC in New York. (kzyx.org)
After notification of a suspected case of anthrax following the slaughtering of a sick cow in Banlu village, an area that has not had any anthrax cases for decades, we aimed to confirm the outbreak, determine the transmission mechanism and implement control measures. (who.int)

The current controversy on patented drugs started when the first signs of anthrax attacks appeared in US in early October 2001. (corpwatch.org)

Others at risk for anthrax include people who work with anthrax in a lab or those exposed to it because of bioterrorism. (webmd.com)
Who's at risk for anthrax? (healthline.com)

There are 3 types of anthrax, each with different symptoms. (healthdirect.gov.au)

WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday cleared two men of all charges stemming from their involvement in an anthrax scare in Las Vegas last week but ordered one man--a microbiologist with ties to white supremacy groups--to remain in jail to face a new charge of violating his Ohio probation. (chicagotribune.com)
It's one thing for the government to demand a lower price to stockpile drugs at the height of a public health or national security emergency - as with the anthrax scare. (galen.org)

Usually, anthrax is transmitted to people when they have contact with infected animals or animal products (such as wool, hides, and hair). (msdmanuals.com)

However, in rare cases, skin anthrax (cutaneous anthrax) may be spread from person to person by direct contact with an infected person or an object contaminated by an infected person. (msdmanuals.com)

A rare disease, human anthrax is most common in Africa and central and southern Asia. (wikipedia.org)
Worldwide, the estimated incidence of human anthrax decreased from between 20,000 - 100,000 cases per year in 1958, to 2,000 per year during the 1980s. (who.int)

Injection anthrax can spread throughout the body faster and be harder to recognize and treat. (cdc.gov)
Recently, injection anthrax has developed in people in northern Europe who inject contaminated heroin. (msdmanuals.com)

Mr Stevens' case was the first of respiratory anthrax in the US since 1978. (bbc.co.uk)

Immunizing animals against anthrax is recommended in areas where previous infections have occurred. (wikipedia.org)
Unlike bruises or most other lesions, cutaneous anthrax infections normally do not cause pain. (wikipedia.org)

Symptoms may be similar to those of cutaneous anthrax, but there may be infection deep under the skin or in the muscle where the drug was injected. (cdc.gov)
Anthrax was historically known by a wide variety of names indicating its symptoms, location and groups considered most vulnerable to infection. (wikipedia.org)
What Are the Symptoms of Anthrax? (webmd.com)
If you think you've been exposed to anthrax , seek medical help right away -- even if you don't notice symptoms, which may not show up right away. (webmd.com)
There is a delay between infection with anthrax and the appearance of symptoms. (bbc.co.uk)
The symptoms of anthrax exposure depend on the mode of contact. (healthline.com)
People who inhale anthrax usually develop symptoms within a week. (healthline.com)
Treatment for anthrax depends if you've developed symptoms or not. (healthline.com)
If you're exposed to anthrax but you have no symptoms, your doctor will begin preventive treatment. (healthline.com)
It is very clear that their symptoms are suspicious, and their deaths are likely due to anthrax. (kzyx.org)

While anthrax can be transmitted to humans via contact with animals, it's not spread through human-to-human contact. (healthline.com)
Control of anthrax among humans depends on the integration of veterinary and human health surveillance and control programmes. (who.int)
Anthrax is very rare in Australia, with only been 3 cases occurring in humans since 2001. (healthdirect.gov.au)
It is very unlikely for humans to catch anthrax from soil. (healthdirect.gov.au)

Hampshire in 1957 and suspected accidental release of B. anthracis aerosols from a bioweapons facility in Sverdlovsk, 1Members of the National Anthrax Epidemiologic Investigation Team were Paul P. Abamonte, Joel Ackelsberg, S. (cdc.gov)
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A vaccine to prevent anthrax is available for people in the military and others at high risk. (medlineplus.gov)

ollowing the bioterrorism-related anthrax attacks in Octo- day, the center is in operation around the clock. (cdc.gov)

The Justice Department has finally released a trove of filings from the anthrax investigation. (propublica.org)
The report, titled "Remember 9/11 and Anthrax: Public Health's Vital Role in National Defense," includes essays from about 35 federal, state, and local public health officials who were involved in responding to the 2001 attacks, plus a chronology of key events and a summary of the anthrax investigation. (umn.edu)

If your doctor thinks you have anthrax, you'll get a test to check to see if you have anthrax antibodies or toxins in your blood . (webmd.com)

Anthrax became widely known in 2001 when it was used as a biological weapon . (healthline.com)
This anthrax attack resulted in five deaths and 17 illnesses, making it one of the worst biological attacks in the history of the United States. (healthline.com)
You can come into contact with anthrax through animals or biological weapons. (healthline.com)
Anthrax can be used as a biological weapon, but this is very rare. (healthline.com)
Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) officials do not expect more to be affected, or that the outbreak will expand to other areas of the country, the daily La Nación reported.Anthrax gained notoriety in 2001 as a suspected biological weapon that left five dead in the United States when it was sent through the mail. (ticotimes.net)
LONDON - A full-scale medical emergency has broken out in the Yamal region of Siberia , with troops from the Russian army's special biological warfare unit spearheading efforts to contain an outbreak of anthrax . (truthdig.com)
During World War I, the Germans developed anthrax, glanders, cholera, and a wheat fungus for use as biological weapons. (medscape.com)

It is the most common form (>90% of anthrax cases). (wikipedia.org)
We report the combined findings from the occurred in 1976, and the last reported case of cutaneous epidemiologic and laboratory investigations of these cases, anthrax occurred in the summer of 2001 (2,3). (cdc.gov)
It now says that foul play is the most likely explanation for two anthrax cases, one of which proved fatal. (bbc.co.uk)
In its most common natural form called cutaneous anthrax (over 95% of cases), it creates dark sores on the skin, from which it derives its name, after the Greek word for coal. (who.int)
All suspected and confirmed cases of anthrax in Australia must be reported to the public health authorities. (healthdirect.gov.au)
Cases of anthrax in livestock are reported in Australia from time to time. (healthdirect.gov.au)
F ber 2001, a total of 22 cases of anthrax were identified: 11 2001, SCPDC employed 1,122 workers. (cdc.gov)
The center is equipped with 6 advanced-facer canceller and 4 suspected) cases of cutaneous anthrax (1). (cdc.gov)
Retrospective and prospective surveillance that are used to identify and sort letters for their final destina- detected no additional cases of anthrax in her community tion. (cdc.gov)
Most anthrax cases involve the skin. (msdmanuals.com)

Cutaneous anthrax presents as a boil-like skin lesion that eventually forms an ulcer with a black center (eschar). (wikipedia.org)
No ulcer is present, and ulcer edema and eschar characteristic of anthrax are absent. (medscape.com)

The NIAID has given contracts to Emergent BioSolutions and PharmAthene worth $29.7 million and $83.9 million, respectively, to further their anthrax vaccines. (genengnews.com)

The chancre of primary syphilis may also be confused with cutaneous anthrax. (medscape.com)
The chancre of primary syphilis is painless, as is the lesion of cutaneous anthrax, but the syphilitic chancre is not pruritic and is not surrounded by an edematous halo. (medscape.com)
Generalized rather than local adenopathy accompanies syphilis, which is the opposite of what is expected with cutaneous anthrax. (medscape.com)

Tom Daschle served as Senate majority leader, when his office was targeted by one anthrax letter. (politico.com)

Researchers find two new leads for anti-anthrax drugs. (innovations-report.com)
As fears over bioterrorism attacks spiral, researchers are making progress towards better anthrax drugs - but these are unlikely to reach the drugstore soon. (innovations-report.com)
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) recently unveiled a credit-card-size anthrax detector that works like a portable medical laboratory in the field. (darkdaily.com)
A team of MIT researchers are using a disarmed version of anthrax to administer cancer drugs. (bostonmagazine.com)
Any anthrax attack researchers among us? (911blogger.com)
CDC, JUDY SCHMIDT If the risks are low, researchers could be permitted to study the anthrax vaccine in children, according to a 146-page report released today (March 19) by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (the-scientist.com)
Mass vaccination is not the best way to deal with the threat of anthrax attacks by terrorists, say researchers who have evaluated the outcomes of various strategies. (bioedonline.org)

BRUCE IVINS, a leading anthrax researcher for the US army, died last week after reportedly taking a massive overdose of painkillers. (newscientist.com)
Several groups are designing more effective versions using purified proteins, explains anthrax researcher Stephen Leppla of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Reseach in Bethesda, Maryland. (innovations-report.com)

Without treatment, up to 20% of people with cutaneous anthrax die. (cdc.gov)
But many people don't know they have anthrax until it is too late to treat. (medlineplus.gov)
Anthrax vaccination is recommended for people at high risk of infection. (wikipedia.org)
Anthrax has also been found in people who have injected heroin. (webmd.com)
Most people who get anthrax work with infected animals, or with animal products like wool or hide. (webmd.com)
The next day, the US Department of Justice promised there would soon be "significant developments" in the long-running mystery of who mailed anthrax to US news outlets and senators in 2001, killing five people. (newscientist.com)
Anthrax illness is more common in farm animals than people. (healthline.com)
The last recorded outbreak of anthrax in Arctic Russia was in 1941, when several people and thousands of reindeer died. (truthdig.com)
Another possible source of the outbreak is from the bodies of people who died from anthrax in the 1930s and early 1940s. (truthdig.com)
Compared to over 4.7 million patients suffering from AIDS and nearly 300 AIDS patients dying every day in South Africa, the anthrax crisis in the US has only affected a dozen people and claimed four lives until now. (corpwatch.org)
As the spectre of anthrax epidemic loomed large in the public, people started piling up stocks of Cipro. (corpwatch.org)
The anthrax attacks through the postal system killed five people across the country and sickened 17 in the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001. (911blogger.com)
In all, a total of 5 people were killed and at least 17 people were sickened by anthrax in October 2001. (kzyx.org)
Most people recover from cutaneous anthrax. (healthdirect.gov.au)
People at high risk of being exposed to anthrax are vaccinated. (msdmanuals.com)

The type of illness a person develops depends on how anthrax enters the body. (cdc.gov)

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