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What is the common name for bacillus anthracis?
Bacillus anthracis
What is zoonose?
A zoonose is another term for a zoonosis - an animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, which can be transmitted to humans.
What is the bio-safety level of anthrax?
Bacillus anthracis requires a Bio-safety Level 3 laboratory because it can be fatal in humans, although there are treatments which exist for Anthrax is it is diagnosed early.
What is atharax?
Not sure if you mean Atarax- a tranquilizing drug- or Anthrax- an animal disease that can spread to humans by spores.
What is the mode of transmission of anthrax?
transmission to humans or animals is usually through the bites of infected rodent fleas
Is anthrax a threat to Ballarat or Victorian citizens?
Not really. The incidence of anthrax in Australia is low, and cases of human infection are few and far between. Anthrax bacteria can remain in the soil for a long time, and there is risk to humans when they cut into the carcass of an infected animal. The average citizen, however, is not at risk.
How do humans get anthrax?
In humans, the disease is almost always an occupational hazard, contracted by those who handle animal hides (farmers, butchers, and veterinarians) or sort wool.
Is bacillus anthracis a good or bad bacteria and why?
Bacillus anthracis causes the disease anthrax. Anthrax is a life-threatening infectious disease that normally affects animals (such as goats, cattle, sheep, and horses). Anthrax can be transmitted to humans by contact with infected animals or their products. Anthrax does not spread from person to person. In the soil, where they live, anthrax organisms exist in a dormant form called spores. These spores are difficult to destroy. The spores have been known to survive for as long as 48 years. Ingestion of anthrax can cause serious, sometimes fatal disease.The most deadly form is inhalation anthrax. If the spores of anthrax are inhaled, they spread, and produce toxins that often cause death.The greatest threat of anthrax today is through a bio-terrorist attack which would be delivered as an aerosol.It is considered "bad".
What is the history of anthrax?
what is the history on the anthrax disease
When was The Anthrax created?
The Anthrax was created in 1982.
What is the pathpgen name for anthrax?
bacillus anthrax
Is anthrax considered to be contagious?
A person with anthrax isn't considered contagious so if you get anthrax then no you are not contagious.
