During the past two decades, the potential use of biological weapons by terrorists has received a great deal of attention, particularly in the United States. The existence of an anthrax bioweapons development campaign by the government of Iraq was...

Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. It usually affects cloven-hoofed animals, such as cattle, sheep, and goats, but it can occasionally spread to humans. Anthrax is almost always fatal in animals, but it can be successfully...

Anthrax refers to a pulmonary disease that is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. This disease has been present since antiquity. It may be the sooty "morain" in the Book of Exodus, and is probably the "burning wind of plague" that begins...

The deadly outbreaks of anthrax in the nineteenth century baffled farmers who were raising their cattle in fields that had been cleared of any infected animals. They did not understand the cause of the recurring outbreaks which killed farm animals as...

Anthrax (Greek Άνθραξ for coal) is an acute disease in humans and animals that is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis and is highly lethal in some forms. Anthrax is one of only a few bacteria that can form long-lived spores. When the...

What is anthrax? Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium. It commonly occurs in wild and domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. It can occur in humans exposed to infected animals. Anthrax spores also can be used as...

What is anthrax? Anthrax is an infection usually found in cattle and sheep. Spores can survive changes in temperature and live in the soil for years. How can humans become infected? Human anthrax is now rare after effective chemical treatments were...

Lawyers for a former Army scientist once identified as "a person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks want a judge to order journalists to identify law enforcement sources who leaked details about the investigation.In a lawsuit, Steven J. Hatfill accuses the Justice Department of...

A musician and a family member both contracted a non-contagious form of anthrax, apparently from imported animal skins used to make drums, officials said Wednesday.Mayor Mark Boughton described one of the individuals as a renowned African drummer and drummaker who stored untanned animal hides obtained...

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