Classification and management of animal anthrax outbreaks based on the source of infection.

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Ânthrax is an acute bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthraces. Humans become infected under natural conditions by contacting infected animals or contaminated animal products. Âbout 95% of human anthrax is cutaneous and 5% respiratory. Gastrointestinal anthrax is a very rare type and has been reported to make less than 1% of all cases. Ânthrax meningitis is a rare complication of a...

Reducing Anthrax Infection in Man through Animal Vaccination in Iran

In Silico Prediction of B-Cell and T-Cell Epitopes of Protective Antigen of Bacillus anthracis in Development of Vaccines Against Anthrax

Protective antigen (PA), a subunit of anthrax toxin from Bacillus anthracis, is known as a dominant component in subunit vaccines in protection against anthrax. In order to avoid the side effects of live attenuated and killed organisms, the use of linear neutralizing epitopes of PA is recommended in order to design recombinant vaccines. The present study is aimed at determining the dominant epi...

Anthrax outbreaks: a warning for improved prevention, control and heightened awareness

A nthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It primarily affects domestic and wild herbivores (such as cattle, sheep, goats, bison, deer, antelope and hippos) and in those species it is usually fatal. It is distributed globally and remains enzootic in many regions of the world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Central and South...

Risk practices for animal and human anthrax in Bangladesh: an exploratory study

INTRODUCTION From August 2009 to October 2010, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh and the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research together investigated 14 outbreaks of anthrax which included 140 animal and 273 human cases in 14 anthrax-affected villages. Our investigation objectives were to explore the context in which these outbreaks occurred, inclu...