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Year 10 Disease Assignment-Anthrax

Year 10 Disease Assignment-Anthrax. By Jeremy Johnson. What is the disease. Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis . What is the cause of the disease?. The most common cause of the disease is animals.

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Year 10 Disease Assignment-Anthrax

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  1. Year 10 Disease Assignment-Anthrax By Jeremy Johnson

  2. What is the disease • Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

  3. What is the cause of the disease? • The most common cause of the disease is animals. • You get it by handling products from infected animals or can get it by touching dead infected animals by touching their broken skin or blood. • Animals get it from spores while grazing.

  4. What type of disease is it? • Anthrax is an acute disease which has two meanings. • 1. A rapid onset which means it spreads through body tissue. • 2. A short course meaning it only last for a short period of time normally depends on how its treated.

  5. Who commonly suffers from the disease? • Animals mainly suffer from anthrax because they get it from spores while grazing. • Humans suffer from it a fair bit less but still a lot.

  6. What are the signs and the symptoms? • First a itchy sore • Then a black ulcer (usually painless) • Fever, Headaches and shortness of breath • Abdominal pain, Bloody diarrhoea • Nausea and vomiting

  7. Treatment • Treated with antibiotics including penicillin, doxycycline and ciprofloxacin. • Use these for about 60 days. • Prevention: Take the antibiotics as stated above in the amount your doctor prescribes.

  8. Other Info: • Anthrax is more common in America and Africa where there are lots of wildlife and animal species that can cause it to spread. • Anthrax is also common in America because the Marine Corps there use it as a biological weapon also making the disease increase.

  9. Bibliography: • www.google.com • www.wikipedia.com • http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/anthrax/ • http://www.utexas.edu/safety/ehs/bulletin/anthrax.html • Science Dimensions 4

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