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  2. Bacillus anthracis - Wikipedia

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    The symptoms in anthrax depend on the type of infection and can take anywhere from 1 day to more than 2 months to appear. All types of anthrax have the potential, if untreated, to spread throughout the body and cause severe illness and even death. [24] Four forms of human anthrax disease are recognized based on their portal of entry.

  3. Anthrax - Wikipedia

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    Anthrax does not usually spread from an infected human to an uninfected human. [13] If the disease is fatal to the person's body, its mass of anthrax bacilli becomes a potential source of infection to others and special precautions should be used to prevent further contamination. [13] Pulmonary anthrax, if left untreated, is almost always fatal ...

  4. Anthrax toxin - Wikipedia

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    Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a spore-forming, Gram positive, rod-shaped bacterium (Fig. 1).The lethality of the disease is caused by the bacterium's two principal virulence factors: (i) the polyglutamic acid capsule, which is anti-phagocytic, and (ii) the tripartite protein toxin, called anthrax toxin.

  5. Not just a bioweapon: Anthrax outbreak kills dozens of ... - AOL

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    Anthrax is a bacterial disease that is caused by Bacillus anthracis bacteria. It can infect animals when they breathe in or ingest spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water.

  6. 2001 anthrax attacks - Wikipedia

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    The 2001 anthrax attacks, ... For more than 20 years, significant levels of silicon had been reported in spores of at least some Bacillus species, ...

  7. Did You Know Rice Can Be Deadly? How to Know When to Toss It

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    Rice can contain something called Bacillus cereus, a toxin-producing bacteria found in soil, vegetation and food. ... The pathogen is a common cause of food poisoning, which causes symptoms like ...

  8. Anthrax weaponization - Wikipedia

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    Anthrax weaponization is the development and deployment of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or, more commonly, its spore (referred to as anthrax), as a biological weapon. As a biological weapon, anthrax has been used in biowarfare and bioterrorism since 1914. [ 1 ]

  9. Pathogenic bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Bacillus anthracis: Contact with cattle, sheep, goats and horses [51] Spores enter through inhalation or through abrasions [33] Anthrax: pulmonary, gastrointestinal and/or cutaneous symptoms. [48] In early infection: [52] Penicillin Doxycycline Ciprofloxacin Raxibacumab [53] Anthrax vaccine [33] Autoclaving of equipment [33] Bacteroides ...