Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Anthrax is a highly contagious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, an endospore-forming, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. Anthrax may spread to humans by direct contact with infected animals. Cutaneous, inhalation, gastrointestinal, and injection are the four types of portal entry of human anthrax disease.
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