Signs and symptoms
... Anthrax occurs in three forms, with different signs and symptoms. Signs and symptoms usually occur within seven days of exposure to the bacterium, but, with inhalation anthrax, they can take up to 42 ...

Causes
... Anthrax isn''t new. Some historians believe anthrax was one of the Egyptian plagues at the time of Moses. Anthrax disease is caused by a rod-shaped bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, which normally reside...

Risk factors
... Anthrax isn''t contagious. People who get inhalation anthrax don''t exhale spores. There are no reports of the disease spreading from one person to another. To contract anthrax, you must come in direc...

When to seek medical advice
... How would you know if you''ve been exposed to anthrax? For anthrax spores to be used as a biological weapon, they must be processed into a fine, white, powder-like form that disperses in the air. Powd...

Screening and diagnosis
... The damage of a large-scale anthrax attack — if it were to happen — wouldn''t be immediately and readily apparent. It would take one or many people seeking treatment for symptoms of anthra...