Introduction to Anthrax
What is Anthrax? Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic lower vertebrates (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, antelopes, and other herbivores), but it can also occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals or tissue from infected animals.
How common is Anthrax and who can get it? Anthrax is most common in agricultural regions where it occurs in animals. These include South and Central America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. When anthrax affects humans, it is usually due to an occupational exposure to infected animals or their products. Workers who are exposed to dead animals and animal products from other countries where anthrax is more common may become infected with B. anthracis (industrial anthrax). Anthrax in wild livestock has occurred in the United States.
In most cases, if you treat it early with antibiotics you can survive, but Gastrointestinal Anthrax is more serious because between one-forth and more than half of the cases lead to death. The symptoms can appear within 7 days.
Everyone knows of the Anthrax scare in October 2001. The Biological Bottle filters out Bacteria, Protozoa, Anthrax, and Cryptosporidium just to name a few. All of these things can lead to illness. Make sure you keep yourself and your family safe.
More information related to Anthrax and Water Filters coming soon.
