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Anthrax

Anthrax. Sample M & M Presentation BIOL 240 Skyline College. Bacillaceae Bacillus B. anthracis B. cereus B. thuringiensis. Gram-positive Endospores. Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus anthracis. Citation. CDC. Public Health Image Library. Anthrax. Cutaneous Respiratory Intestinal.

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Anthrax

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  1. Anthrax Sample M & M Presentation BIOL 240 Skyline College

  2. Bacillaceae Bacillus B. anthracis B. cereus B. thuringiensis Gram-positive Endospores Bacillus anthracis

  3. Bacillus anthracis Citation CDC. Public Health Image Library.

  4. Anthrax • Cutaneous • Respiratory • Intestinal CDC. Public Health Image Library.

  5. Prevalence • U.S., 224 cases of cutaneous anthrax between 1944 an 1994. • Spores in soil

  6. Incidence • U.S. 0 • Zimbabwe between1979 and 1985 >10,000 cases, • Worldwide Nass, M. (1992). “Anthrax Epizootic in Zimbabwe, 1978-1980: Due to Deliberate Spread?” anthraxvaccine.org

  7. U.S. Incidence Merck Veterinary Manual, 9th ed.

  8. Imported animal products • As with animal trophy materials, animal tissue must be properly processed to render it non-infectious. Some products that are more difficult to render non-infectious, such as goat-skin drums from Haiti, which have been associated with anthrax, may not be imported. Title 42. Federal Regulations. Public Health 71.54

  9. Virulence factors • D-glu capsule • Protective antigen • Edema factor • Lethal factor

  10. WHO. Anthrax in Humans and Animals, 4th ed.

  11. Prevention & Treatment • Vaccination • Antibiotics

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