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Introduction and History of Anthrax
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INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. The disease occurs in both domesticated and wild animals, primarily herbivores, including goats, sheep, cattle, horses and swine. Humans usually become infected by contact with an infected animal or from contaminated animal products. Most commonly infection occurs via the cutaneous route and occasionally via the respiratory or gastrointestinal route.
Anthrax has a long association with human history. The fifth and sixth plagues described in Exodus may have been anthrax in domesticated animals followed by cutaneous anthrax in humans. The disease that Virgil described in his Georgics is clearl
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