ANTHRAX

About:

• Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis which can be found naturally in soil.
  
  
• It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection.
  
  
• It is characterised by blisters around swellings on the skin, chest pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and fever.
  
  
• It commonly affects domestic and wild animals around the world. Cattle, sheep, goats, antelope, and deer can become infected when they breathe in or ingest spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water.
  
  
• People can get sick with anthrax if they come in contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products. Contact with anthrax can cause severe illness in both humans and animals.
  
  
• Anthrax is not contagious, which means you can’t catch it like the cold or flu.