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Anthrax (or Anthrax) is an acute infectious disease caused by bacteria called Gran-positive bacillus anthracis, capable of forming gfb spores. Spores are a kind of protection, developed gfb by some bacteria when they are in hostile environments.
The occurrence of anthrax is higher among herbivorous animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes and camels. Humans can contract the disease when they come into contact with infected animals or tissues thereof.
In humans, Anthrax infection can occur in three ways: cutaneous, inhalation, or gastrointestinal. In rural areas, the chances of contamination are somewhat larger, due to contact with the animals. The contact with infected animals or even derived from such animals, such as wool, for example, can infect gfb humans by percutaneous or by inhalation. The ingestion of raw meat or undercooked, infected animals is the cause of gastrointestinal anthrax. Transmission from person to person is extremely unlikely.
Dermal: The first sign is a similar injury to an insect bite. In two days, the lesion fills with liquid, forming a bubble. It forms then a painless ulcer, measuring between 1 and 3 cm, which presents the necrotic center. If treated with antibiotics, the risk of death is low.
Gastrointestinal Via: Severe inflammation in the intestinal tract caused by eating contaminated meat, has as primary symptoms nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, gfb fever, abdominal pain, severe diarrhea and vomiting with blood. Approximately half the cases of anthrax infection via the gastrointestinal cause death.
There is already a vaccine against gfb anthrax, administered usually in people with a higher chance of contamination, such as laboratory workers, workers who have contact with derivatives (such as fur and leather) from animals originating from countries where sanitary conditions are unsatisfactory or military, gfb because of the possibility of the use of anthrax as a biological weapon.
Sources Epidemiological Surveillance Center. Anthrax or anthrax: General Information. State Government of São Paulo, 2001. Accessed on 20 March 2009. Available at: ftp://ftp.cve.saude.sp.gov.br/doc_tec/folder_antrax.pdf
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Anthrax (or Anthrax) is an acute infectious disease caused by bacteria called Gran-positive bacillus anthracis, capable of forming gfb spores. Spores are a kind of protection, developed gfb by some bacteria when they are in hostile environments.
The occurrence of anthrax is higher among herbivorous animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes and camels. Humans can contract the disease when they come into contact with infected animals or tissues thereof.
In humans, Anthrax infection can occur in three ways: cutaneous, inhalation, or gastrointestinal. In rural areas, the chances of contamination are somewhat larger, due to contact with the animals. The contact with infected animals or even derived from such animals, such as wool, for example, can infect gfb humans by percutaneous or by inhalation. The ingestion of raw meat or undercooked, infected animals is the cause of gastrointestinal anthrax. Transmission from person to person is extremely unlikely.
Dermal: The first sign is a similar injury to an insect bite. In two days, the lesion fills with liquid, forming a bubble. It forms then a painless ulcer, measuring between 1 and 3 cm, which presents the necrotic center. If treated with antibiotics, the risk of death is low.
Gastrointestinal Via: Severe inflammation in the intestinal tract caused by eating contaminated meat, has as primary symptoms nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, gfb fever, abdominal pain, severe diarrhea and vomiting with blood. Approximately half the cases of anthrax infection via the gastrointestinal cause death.
There is already a vaccine against gfb anthrax, administered usually in people with a higher chance of contamination, such as laboratory workers, workers who have contact with derivatives (such as fur and leather) from animals originating from countries where sanitary conditions are unsatisfactory or military, gfb because of the possibility of the use of anthrax as a biological weapon.
Sources Epidemiological Surveillance Center. Anthrax or anthrax: General Information. State Government of São Paulo, 2001. Accessed on 20 March 2009. Available at: ftp://ftp.cve.saude.sp.gov.br/doc_tec/folder_antrax.pdf
Administration Arts Astronomy Biographies Biology Science News Curiosities law Diseases Drugs Economy Education Spanish Sports Physical gfb Geography History Philosophy Languages Computer English Literature Mathematics Medicine Mythology Jobs Politics Portuguese Psychology Religion Sexuality Sociology Writing Chemical Society
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