BIO2070 Anthrax

• What organism produces this disease and how?
• What are the four different locations where an anthrax infection can occur? Describe each of these locations. What are the reasons why these locations allow the infection to occur?
• What are the different scientific methods that have been tried, tested, and implemented towards Anthrax prevention and cure in the past decade?
• Why is Anthrax such a potent weapon of bioterrorism? What are its characteristics that make it so?

Sources that can be used:

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/layanthrax_a.htm…

https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectio…

https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/basics/index.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC42952…