Pulmonary anthrax
Pulmonary anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. It was originally an infectious disease of herbivorous animals. People are infected by contact with sick animals and their products or by eating meat of sick animals. Fur containing anthrax spores pollutes the air and causes pulmonary anthrax. It can also cause anthrax septicemia. The bacteria was first discovered by Robert Koch in 1877. Anthrax is a serious disease that is widely distributed.
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Site of disease:
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Infectious :
Contagious -
Frequent population:
All groups -
Related symptoms:
Fever cough chest pain upper respiratory tract catarrh symptoms swollen lymph nodes