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... Anthrax is one type of disease that is extremely dangerous and has been associated with terrorist activity.
What is anthrax? Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. ... Anthrax is most common in South and Central America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Anthrax has occurred in wild animals in the U. ... There is three forms of Anthrax, cutaneous (skin), inhalation, and gastrointestinal. Anyone can get anthrax from eating undercooked meat that was infected and dealing with dead animals.
There are many symptoms for anthrax and they vary between each type of anthrax. In the cutaneous form, anthrax infections occur when the bacterium enters a cut or abrasion on the skin. ... Inhalation anthrax is usually more fatal. ... The last type of anthrax, intestinal anthrax, isn’t as severe as the inhalation. ... The most common way of getting anthrax is from animals.
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