Anthrax is a disease that can be traced back to Egyptian times, the disease itself in most cases is fatal, and in the future terrorist's attacks, involving anthrax are highly probable.

To begin Anthrax itself is an acute infectious disease caused by spore-forming bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. These anthrax spores are known to survive for decades in soil, and can be lethal if inhaled. The only way of destroying an anthrax spore is to incinerate it.

Anthrax is usually thought of as a disease found in animals but it is also very dangerous to humans. The anthrax spores are commonly found on goats, sheep, and hides of animals, in 3rd world countries. The animals contact the disease by eating plants from the soil where anthrax spores are.

There are 3 forms of Anthrax Disease: Intestinal, Cutaneous, and Inhalation.

Intestinal: The intestinal disease form

Inhalation: Initial symptoms may resemble a common cold. After several days, the symptoms progress to severe breathing problems and shock. Inhalation anthrax usually results in death in 1-2 days after onset of the acute symptoms. There is no treatment for a person once they have inhaled anthrax spores. Resulting in death almost 95% to100% of the time.

One component of the anthrax toxin has a lethal mode of action that is not understood at this time. Death is apparently due to oxygen depletion, secondary shock, respiratory failure and cardiac failure. Death from anthrax in humans or experimental animals frequently occurs suddenly and unexpectedly. The level of the lethal toxin in the blood circulation increases rapidly very late in the disease.

Treatment for Anthrax is still not possible for Inhalation of Anthrax spores, but doses of medicines, mainly penicillin work well for Cutaneous, and Intestinal anthrax, significantly reducing the death rate. Vaccines for

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