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For other uses, see Anthrax (disambiguation). Anthrax, also referred to as splenic fever, is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis and is highly lethal in some forms. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic herbivores, but it can also occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores. There are no known cases of infection in humans resulting from direct contact with a ...
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Resources
- 3-D Structure of Anthrax Toxin Complex Solved (National Institutes of Health)
- Answers on Anthrax (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Anthrax (Lab Tests Online)
- Anthrax (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Anthrax (MayoClinic)
- Anthrax (Cleveland Clinic)
- Anthrax (Google Health)
- Anthrax (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Anthrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax (Medline Plus)
- Anthrax (National Institutes of Health)
- Anthrax as a biological weapon medical and public health management (Google Health)
- Anthrax Fact Sheet (Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Anthrax Genome Decoded (National Institutes of Health)
- Anthrax Q & A: Diagnosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Q & A: Exposure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Q & A: Laboratory Testing (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Q & A: Preventive Therapy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Q & A: Risk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Q & A: Signs and Symptoms (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Q & A: Treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Q & A: Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax Survivors Continued to Have Health Problems One Year after Exposure (American Medical Association)
- Anthrax Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (U.S. Department of Defense)
- Anthrax [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Anthrax/Bioterrorism Q and A (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Anthrax: What every Clinician Should Know (Public Health Foundation)
- Anthrax: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anthrax: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File - Vietnamese language material
- Antrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Background Information on Anthrax Disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Biodefense Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Biological Warfare (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Bioterrorism and CAM: What the Public Needs to Know (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
- Bleach (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
- Chlorine Dioxide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
- Ciprofor Inhalation Anthrax - Information for Consumers (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
- Clinical and Epidemiologic Principles of Anthrax (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Anthrax (National Institutes of Health)
- Cutaneous Anthrax -- Vesicle Development (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Ethylene Oxide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
- Facts About Anthrax, Botulism, Pneumonic Plague, and Small Pox (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- FDA Public Health Advisory: Update on Use of Doxycycline for Antrhax Exposure (Food and Drug Administration, HHS)
- Guidelines for Pregnant Women Who Have Been Exposed to Anthrax But Do Not Have Symptoms (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
- HHS Fact Sheet- Questions and Answers about Anthrax Prevention and Treatment (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- How to Handle Anthrax and Other Biological Agent Threats (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- How to Recognize and Handle a Suspicious Package or Envelope (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxyacetic Acid (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
- Inhalational Anthrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Interim Recommended Notification Procedures for Local and State Public Health Department Leaders in the Event of a Bioterrorist Incident (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Irradiated Mail (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation)
- Maladie du Charbon: Ce Qu’il Faut Savoir (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File - French language material
- Mass Psychogenic Illness (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Methyl Bromide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
- Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Molecular Mechanism Underlying Anthrax Infection Described by NIEHS-funded Researchers (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- Mouse Study Gives New View of Anthrax Toxin (National Institutes of Health)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Pharmaceutical Stockpile (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Offers to Treat Biological Threats: What You Need to Know (Federal Trade Commission)
- Paraformaldehyde (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
- Patient Information on Amoxicillin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Patient Information on Ciprofloxacin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Patient Information on Doxycycline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Patient Information on Penicillin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Proteolytic inactivation of MAP-kinase-kinase by anthrax lethal factor (Google Health)
- Questions and Answers about Anthrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Research Brief: Anthrax Toxin Structure Solved (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Screening for Inhalational Anthrax after a Bioterrorist Attack (American College of Physicians)
- Secondary Aerosolization of Anthrax Spores Possible Following Initial Contamination of a Senate Office (American Medical Association)
- The Sverdlovsk anthrax outbreak of 1979 (Google Health)
- Treating Anthrax with Herbal Therapy (Holistic Online)
- Treating Anthrax with Homeopathy (Holistic Online)
- Treating Anthrax with Vitamin Therapy (Holistic Online)
- Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
- What is Anthrax (Cleveland Clinic)
- What Is Anthrax? (Kids Health)
- What Is Anthrax? (Nemours Foundation)
- What Is Anthrax? (Nemours Foundation)
- What's the Difference Between Flu and Anthrax Symptoms? (Food and Drug Administration)

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