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AnthraxTransmissionHumans can contract anthrax from the inhalation of
aerosolized spores, contact with infected animals (their hides, wool, or other products), or
ingestion of contaminated meat. Usually, humans do not contract anthrax directly from
the soil. Illness in humans most commonly occurs following exposure to infected animals or contaminated animal products; such exposures include:
Cases following laboratory exposure have been recognized (see References: Brachman 1980, CDC 2002: Suspected cutaneous anthrax in a laboratory workerTexas, 2002). Person-to-person transmission of B anthracis has been reported rarely with cutaneous anthrax, but has not been recognized with gastrointestinal or inhalational disease (see References: Weber 2001, Weber 2002). |