- PART 1 Introduction
- PART 2 Bacterial, chlamydial, and rickettsial zoonoses
- Chapter 6 Anthrax
- Chapter 7 Brucellosis
- Chapter 8 Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) infections
- Chapter 9 Lyme borreliosis
- Chapter 10 Tick-borne rickettsial diseases
- Chapter 11 Flea-borne rickettsial diseases
- Chapter 12 Epidemic and murine typhus
- Chapter 13 Scrub typhus
- Chapter 14 Listeriosis
- Chapter 15 Mycobacterioses
- Chapter 16 Campylobacteriosis
- Chapter 17 Chlamydiosis
- Chapter 18 Q fever
- Chapter 19a Other bacterial diseasesDiseases caused by corynebacteria and related organisms
- Chapter 19b Other bacterial diseasesAnaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and neorickettsiosis
- Chapter 19c Other bacterial diseasesPasteurellosis
- Chapter 19d Other bacterial diseasesRat-bite fevers
- Chapter 19e Other bacterial diseasesStreptococcosis
- Chapter 19f Other bacterial diseasesCat-scratch disease
- Chapter 19g Other bacterial diseasesErysipeloid
- Chapter 19h Other bacterial diseasesStaphylococcal zoonoses
- Chapter 20 Leptospirosis
- Chapter 21 Yersiniosis and plague
- Chapter 22 Glanders
- Chapter 23 Salmonellosis
- Chapter 24 Tularaemia
- PART 3 Viral zoonoses
- PART 4 Parasitic zoonoses
(p. 43) Bacterial, chlamydial, and rickettsial zoonoses
Anthrax is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, a Gram-positive aerobic spore-forming bacillus, primarily infecting herbivores. Although rare in the developed world the organism remains a threat to livestock in African and Asian countries where control depends on appropriate animal husbandry approaches such as vaccination and disposal/decontamination of carcasses. Animals are thought to contract anthrax by ingesting spores from contaminated soil while humans become infected via contact with diseased animals, their products or as a consequence of acts of bio-terrorism such as occurred in 2001. This unprecedented act has stimulated a burst of research, shedding new light on the biology of the organism and its ability to cause disease. It is to be hoped that this renewed interest will see anthrax once more regain the status of an exotic disease of antiquity.
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- PART 1 Introduction
- PART 2 Bacterial, chlamydial, and rickettsial zoonoses
- Chapter 6 Anthrax
- Chapter 7 Brucellosis
- Chapter 8 Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) infections
- Chapter 9 Lyme borreliosis
- Chapter 10 Tick-borne rickettsial diseases
- Chapter 11 Flea-borne rickettsial diseases
- Chapter 12 Epidemic and murine typhus
- Chapter 13 Scrub typhus
- Chapter 14 Listeriosis
- Chapter 15 Mycobacterioses
- Chapter 16 Campylobacteriosis
- Chapter 17 Chlamydiosis
- Chapter 18 Q fever
- Chapter 19a Other bacterial diseasesDiseases caused by corynebacteria and related organisms
- Chapter 19b Other bacterial diseasesAnaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and neorickettsiosis
- Chapter 19c Other bacterial diseasesPasteurellosis
- Chapter 19d Other bacterial diseasesRat-bite fevers
- Chapter 19e Other bacterial diseasesStreptococcosis
- Chapter 19f Other bacterial diseasesCat-scratch disease
- Chapter 19g Other bacterial diseasesErysipeloid
- Chapter 19h Other bacterial diseasesStaphylococcal zoonoses
- Chapter 20 Leptospirosis
- Chapter 21 Yersiniosis and plague
- Chapter 22 Glanders
- Chapter 23 Salmonellosis
- Chapter 24 Tularaemia
- PART 3 Viral zoonoses
- PART 4 Parasitic zoonoses