1. Anthrax Sample M & M Presentation BIOL 240 Skyline College

2. Bacillus anthracis Bacillaceae –Bacillus B. anthracis B. cereus B. thuringiensis Gram-positive Endospores

3. Bacillus anthracis CDC. Public Health Image Library. Citation

4. Anthrax Cutaneous Respiratory Intestinal CDC. Public Health Image Library.

5. Prevalence U.S., 224 cases of cutaneous anthrax between 1944 an 1994. Spores in soil

6. Incidence U.S.0 Zimbabwe between 1979 and 1985 >10,000 cases, Worldwide Nass, M. (1992). “Anthrax Epizootic in Zimbabwe, 1978-1980: Due to Deliberate Spread?” anthraxvaccine.org

7. U.S. Incidence Merck Veterinary Manual, 9th ed.

8. Imported animal products As with animal trophy materials, animal tissue must be properly processed to render it non-infectious. Some products that are more difficult to render non- infectious, such as goat-skin drums from Haiti, which have been associated with anthrax, may not be imported. Title 42. Federal Regulations. Public Health 71.54

9. Virulence factors D-glu capsule Protective antigen Edema factor Lethal factor

10. WHO. Anthrax in Humans and Animals, 4th ed.

11. Prevention & Treatment Vaccination Antibiotics