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'''Anthrax''' is a potentially lethal bacterial infection caused by ''[[Bacillus anthracis]]''. It is endemic among animals, and is of great concern as the effect of [[biological warfare]] or [[bioterrorism]] using ''B. anthracis'' as the pathogen.
'''Anthrax''' is a potentially lethal bacterial infection caused by ''[[Bacillus anthracis]]''. It is endemic among animals, and is of great concern as the effect of [[biological weapon|biological warfare]] or [[bioterrorism]] using ''B. anthracis'' as the pathogen.
<blockquote>'''This article is a test for coming up with more standardization, and lines of demarcation, between articles on the pathogen of a disease, and the presentation and cinical management of the disease.'''</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''This article is a test for coming up with more standardization, and lines of demarcation, between articles on the pathogen of a disease, and the presentation and cinical management of the disease.'''</blockquote>
==Prevention==
==Prevention==
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==Treatment and prognosis==
==Treatment and prognosis==


==Significant outbreaks==
==Significant outbreaks and cases==
*Sverdlovsk incident
*Sverdlovsk incident
*African drum-makers


==References==
==References==
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Anthrax is a potentially lethal bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. It is endemic among animals, and is of great concern as the effect of biological warfare or bioterrorism using B. anthracis as the pathogen.

This article is a test for coming up with more standardization, and lines of demarcation, between articles on the pathogen of a disease, and the presentation and cinical management of the disease.

Prevention

General measures

Immunization

Chemoprophylaxis

Clinical Presentation

Forms of the disease

  • cutaneous
  • gastrontestinal
  • pneumonic

Differential diagnosis

Physical examination

Laboratory presentation

Treatment and prognosis

Significant outbreaks and cases

  • Sverdlovsk incident
  • African drum-makers

References