Anthrax

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Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax in all mammals, including humans. Depending upon the route of entry of B. anthracis spores, infection can result in cutaneous lesions, which are readily treatable with antibiotics, or systemic lethal disease, which is nearly always fatal. The continuing worldwide incidence of anthrax in animal populations, the risk of human infection associated with animal outbreaks, and the threat of use of B. anthracis as a biological weapon warrant continued investigation of…

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Full title :Anthrax / edited by Theresa M. Koehler.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Place of Publication:Berlin, Heidelberg
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 172 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783662057674, 3662057670
DOI:10.1007/978-3-662-05767-4
oclc:ocn851373994
LC Classification:QR46
Dewey Decimal:616.9041

List of Contents -- Introduction: Anthrax History, Disease and Ecology -- Bacillus anthracis Evolution and Epidemiology -- Anthrax Vaccines -- Structure and Function of Anthrax Toxin -- Bacillus anthracis Cell Envelope Components -- Macrophage Interactions -- Bacillus anthracis Genetics and Virulence Gene Regulation.

Subjects

Allergy and Immunology Anthrax Aufsatzsammlung Bacillus anthracis Charbon (Maladie) Communicable Diseases, Emerging Emerging infectious diseases Immunologie Immunology Maladies infectieuses émergentes Médecine Medicine medicines (material) microbiologie microbiology Milzbrand Pustule, Malignant