Anthrax: a disease in waiting?

Anthrax was a relatively unknown disease in the Western world until 2001, when spores were maliciously mailed in the US, causing five deaths. The mortality of the disease, the stability of its spores and the subsequent lack of person-to-person spread make anthrax an attractive biological weapon for...

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Anthrax - etiology
Anthrax - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Warfare
Gastrointestinal Diseases - diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Diseases - etiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases - therapy
General aspects
Humans
Medical sciences
Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Infections - etiology
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Skin Diseases, Bacterial - therapy
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