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Anthrax is a potentially lethal bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. It is endemic among animals, and is of great concern as the effect of biological warfare or bioterrorism using B. anthracis as the pathogen.

This article is a test for coming up with more standardization, and lines of demarcation, between articles on the pathogen of a disease, and the presentation and cinical management of the disease.

Contents 1 Prevention 1.1 General measures 1.2 Immunization 1.3 Chemoprophylaxis 2 Clinical Presentation 2.1 Forms of the disease 2.2 Differential diagnosis 2.3 Physical examination 2.4 Laboratory presentation 3 Treatment and prognosis 4 Significant outbreaks 5 References

Prevention

General measures

Immunization

Chemoprophylaxis

Clinical Presentation

Forms of the disease

• cutaneous
• gastrontestinal
• pneumonic

Differential diagnosis

Physical examination

Laboratory presentation

Treatment and prognosis

Significant outbreaks

• Sverdlovsk incident

References