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Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Predominantly a cause of livestock disease, B. anthracis forms durable spores that can lie dormant in the soil for years. Once eaten by a grazing animal, the spores are activated and the bacteria reproduce. After the bacteria spread, they typically kill the infected animal and return to the soil or water once again as spores.
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Cholera (also called Asiatic cholera) is an infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. These bacteria are typically ingested by drinking water contaminated by improper sanitation or by eating improperly cooked fish, especially shellfish. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration. Death is generally due to the dehydration caused by the illness. When left untreated cholera generally has a high mortality rate. ...
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Anthrax as related to Cholera
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- Asides from Cholera, Zimbabwe Is Now Faced With An Anthrax ...
As if the government of Zimbabwe has more than its hands full in dealing with a cholera break, now it has to deal with an anthrax outbreak.
- First cholera, now anthrax hits Zimbabwe - Mail & Guardian ...
An anthrax outbreak has killed three people and threatens to wipe out livestock in Zimbabwe, compounding the nation's struggle against cholera.
- Watching Zimbabwe Die From Cholera, Anthrax and Mugabe ...
World leaders are pressuring Mugabe to help the people of Zimbabwe. With an epidemic outbreak of cholera and a new outbreak of anthrax in northern Zimbabwe, ...
- Southern African News Features
... help from Britain and the United States" in obtaining anthrax and cholera. ... focused on the use of anthrax, cholera and poison by the Southern Rhodesian ...
- Bioterrorism, Home, anthrax, small pox, cholera, plague ...
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- The World Today - Zimbabwe battles cholera and anthrax
Zimbabweans are now reported to be dealing with an outbreak of anthrax in the north as cholera continues to spread in other parts of the country The Government has ...
- Robert Koch, Medical Doctor, Microbiologist: Infectious ...
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- Anthrax infections bring new misery to cholera-hit Zimbabwe
Anthrax infections bring new misery to cholera-hit Zimbabwe ... by helping to contain the anthrax and cholera outbreaks that are crippling the country. ...
- The Buffalonian -Epidemics and Disease in Buffalo
Western New York History and Archives ... Cholera, anthrax, small pox, and the plague. have all visited Wetsern New York in the past. ...
- NOVA Online | Bioterror | Global Guide to Bioweapons (non-Flash)
Possible Agents: Anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague, cholera, tularemia, glanders, ... Possible agents: Anthrax, cholera, plague, smallpox, botulinum toxin, ...
- Reality and politics in the war on infectious diseases
Early history of the germ theory of infectious diseases, with emphasis on the ... Anthrax, bubonic plague, cholera, diphtheria, influenza, leprosy, smallpox, ...
- SMART™ Cholera O1 Test Kit
New Horizons Diagnostic Corporation is an established privately held manufacturer and developer of products ... Anthrax. Cholera. Ricin. Staph Enterotoxin. Y ...
- Reuters AlertNet - Anthrax infections bring new misery to ...
AlertNet provides news, information and analysis for everyone ... Anthrax infections bring new misery to cholera-hit Zimbabwe. 01 Dec 2008 11:04:00 GMT ...
- AFP: Anthrax poses new threat in cholera-hit Zimbabwe: charity
Anthrax poses new threat in cholera-hit Zimbabwe: charity (AFP) – Nov 30, 2008 ... Anthrax is a highly contagious infection that usually only afflicts livestock, ...
- Scientists Design Potent Anthrax Toxin Inhibitor, April 23 ...
The investigators tested the anthrax inhibitor in rats. ... facilitates the design of polyvalent inhibitors of anthrax and cholera toxins. ...
- Zimbabwe First Has To Deal With Cholera, And Now Anthrax ...
Zimbabwe First Has To Deal With Cholera, And Now Anthrax. Share: ... the cholera break, now it has to deal with a possible anthrax break. First cholera, now it ...
- Anthrax outbreak in Zimbabwe | Baraza
I write this blog post with tears in my eyes, tears for the ... With all that attention on cholera, will they be able to cope with the anthrax threat as well? ...
- After Cholera, It's Anthrax for Disease-ridden Zimbabwe: Charity
An anthrax outbreak has killed three people and threatens to wipe out livestock in northern Zimbabwe, compounding the nation's struggle against cholera which has ...
- Situation Report on Cholera and Anthrax in Zimbabwe
Situation Report on Cholera and Anthrax in Zimbabwe. Issue Number 01 ... to cholera outbreak reported in named geographical locations, Anthrax outbreak ...

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