Anthrax is a deadly, infectious disease caused by a bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax usually attacks animals, but can also infect humans. It is one of about 150 known zoonotic diseases, which can be passed directly from animals to humans under...

Numerous domestic terror groups are currently active in the United States. Some of these groups harbor an intense hatred and suspicion of the American government, while others follow both racist and hate based ideologies. Other groups subscribe to...

acute, infectious, febrile disease of animals and humans caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that under certain conditions forms highly resistant spores capable of persisting and retaining their virulence for many years. Although anthrax most...

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...

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 is a bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. It primarily affects livestock but can occasionally spread to humans, affecting the skin, intestines, or lungs. In humans, the infection can be treated, but it is almost always fatal in...

Infectious disease of warm-blooded animals, caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that, in spore form, can retain its virulence in contaminated soil or other material for many years. A disease chiefly of herbivores, the infection may be acquired by...

An acute bacterial ZOONOSIS caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The disease is endemic in many parts of the world. In humans the disease most frequently affects the skin, exhibiting as a rash or necrotic vesicles. If untreated the...

Anthrax (Greek Îνθραξ 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...