According to findings from a small study conducted in Etosha National Park in northern Namibia, scavengers might not play as key a role in spreading anthrax through wildlife populations as previously assumed.
Anthrax - Bacillus - Symptoms - Diagnosis - Treatment - FAQs
Anthrax is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis and spreads when the anthrax spores are inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with the skin lesion on a host.
Anthrax is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis and spreads when the anthrax spores are inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with the skin lesion on a host.
Carrion produced by anthrax deaths feeds many scavengers, including jackals, hyena, vultures, marabou storks and occasionally even lions. These scavengers have evolved to be able to digest infected carrion without contracting the infection. Herbivorous animals more vulnerable to anthrax include zebra, springboks, elephants and wildebeest.
It has been thought that scavengers change the environment in which the anthrax bacteria are living by opening herbivores' carcasses, enabling more production of spores — the infectious life stage of the anthrax bacteria.
Anthrax Vaccine to Counteract World Bioterrorism Threat
A team of scientists from Cardiff University bids to develop a vaccine against anthrax to help counteract the threat of bioterrorism.
A team of scientists from Cardiff University bids to develop a vaccine against anthrax to help counteract the threat of bioterrorism.
In Russia Man Dies of Anthrax
RIA Novostihas reported that a man has died of anthrax in Russia's Siberia region after being infected when he handled the carcass of a sick cow.
RIA Novostihas reported that a man has died of anthrax in Russia's Siberia region after being infected when he handled the carcass of a sick cow.
New Drugs Lean Towards Anthrax Targets
Revelation of a clutch of targets for new drugs to combat an epidemic of anthrax or a biological weapons attack by a trawl of the genome of the deadly bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
Revelation of a clutch of targets for new drugs to combat an epidemic of anthrax or a biological weapons attack by a trawl of the genome of the deadly bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
