Anthrax

Abstract

Overview article on Anthrax to include prevention, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment for medical providers for the upcoming textbook "The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2009." Anthrax is a highly infectious disease of animals especially ruminants (hooved animals such as cows goats sheep etc.) that is caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Cutaneous (95% of US cases) inhalational and gastrointestinal forms can be transmitted to man by contact with the animals or their products (typically hair or hides) *Synonym(s) for cutaneous anthrax: Charbon; Malignant pustule; Siberian ulcer; Malignant edema; Splenic fever; Milzbrand. *Synonym(s) for inhalational anthrax: Ragpicker's disease; Woolsorter's disease

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA471329

Entities

People

  • Gregory D. Gutke
  • Richard J. Thomas

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Pain
  • Signs And Symptoms
  • Spiders
  • Vaccines
  • Virus Diseases

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology