Anthrax

Anthrax is an acute infection, which manifests within seven days after exposure. Inhalation Anthrax may resemble common cold leading to breathing problems later. Intestinal Anthrax follows history of consuming  contaminated food.. Anthrax is not a common human disease. Its preferred victims are large herbivores such as cattle, sheep, goats and camels. Such diseases are known as zoonotic illnesses, due to the fact the pathogen normally resides in an animal reservoir.

Anthrax is Non Contagious

Anthrax is an acute infection, which manifests within seven days after exposure. Inhalation Anthrax may resemble common cold leading to breathing problems later. Intestinal Anthrax follows history of consuming  contaminated food.

           

Precaution

1. Do not shake or empty contents of any suspicious envelope or package.
2. Hold your breath while opening any suspected envelope
3. Put envelope in a plastic bag or some other container
4. Wash your hand using soap immediately
5. Consult your doctor/inform the police/public health authorities

Symptoms

1. Symptoms of common cold
2. Difficulty in breathing
3. Skin blisters
4. Abdominal pain
5. Dysentery/loose motion
6. Vomiting sensation/vomiting

Treatment: For 60 days

# Ciproflox 500 mg. twice daily.

In case of children, 20-30 mg per kg. body weight in two doses

Doxicycline 100 mg twice daily

In case of children, 5 mg per kg. body weight in two doses.

Dr. C.P. THAKUR

Union Health & FW Minister/WHO Expert

Anthrax - New York Times

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How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism? Ten years after anthrax attacks, biodefense is busted.	The Anthrax Investigation: The View From the F.B.I. The F.B.I. objects to an editorial about the anthrax letters.	Who Mailed the Anthrax Letters? New research raises doubts that investigators found the perpetrator. Congress should commission an independent assessment to be sure there are no culprits still at large.
Scientists Dispute F.B.I. Closing of Anthrax Case A paper raises the prospect that the expert identified by the F.B.I. as the perpetrator who sent anthrax through the mail had help in obtaining his germ weapons or conceivably was innocent.	Norway Suspect Wished to Use Anthrax, but Had No Expertise Experts in biological weapons said the document — at least on the subject of germ attacks — evoked the air of an armchair theorist rather than someone poised to commit mass slaughter.	U.S. Revises Its Response to Lawsuit on Anthrax Embarrassed officials corrected their own filing in a lawsuit over the 2001 anthrax letters after learning that it appeared to contradict the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s conclusion.

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