Infection SourcesSoil is contaminated with anthrax spores from thecarcasses of dead animalsThese spores remain viable for decadesSpores can germinate in soil at pH 6.5 at propertemperatureGrazing animals infected through injured mucousmembranes serve to source the chain of infection Contact with infected animals or with their hideshair, and bristles is the source of infection inhumansSHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Infection Sources Soil is contaminated with anthrax spores from the carcasses of dead animals These spores remain viable for decades Spores can germinate in soil at pH 6.5 at proper temperature Grazing animals infected through injured mucous membranes serve to source the chain of infection Contact with infected animals or with their hides, hair, and bristles is the source of infection in humans SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Forms of AnthraxCutaneous95% PulmonaryInhalation anthrax, 5%GastrointestinalRareSHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Forms of Anthrax Cutaneous 95% Pulmonary Inhalation anthrax, 5% Gastrointestinal Rare SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Cutaneous anthraxAccounts for more than 95% of humancasesI Spores enter the broken skin, germinateand rapidly proliferate at the site of entrSHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Cutaneous anthrax Accounts for more than 95% of human cases Spores enter the broken skin, germinate and rapidly proliferate at the site of entry SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Cutaneous anthraxVesicular Papule at the site of infection Blue black edemaSHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Cutaneous anthrax Vesicular Papule at the site of infection Blue black edema SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Cutaneous anthrax Rupture of papulewill reveal a blackeschar (malignantpustule)SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY
Cutaneous anthrax Rupture of papule will reveal a black eschar (malignant pustule) SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY