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millerandlevine.com :  Anthrax Anthrax is a serious animal disease that has been rare in humans until the terrorist attacks against the US in 2001 thrust it into the headlines. How Anthrax Invades the Human Body (A detailed illustration from the NE Journal of Medicine) A Resource Page for the Dragonfly Book

NEW: A promising new treatment for Anthrax. Click here for details of how researchers are harnessing bacteriophage (bacterial viruses) in the fight against anthrax. (August 2002) Anthrax Bacteria. The round, colorless regions in most of the cells in this micrograph are developing spores. Medical Progress Against Anthrax An article from the New England Journal of Medicine.

Web Resources on Anthrax: Anthrax as a Biological Warfare Agent A public information site sponsored by the Department of Defense. Medical Information about Anthrax A web page with medical information, including symptoms and treatment. Anthrax as a Weapon of Terrorism An article from the Defense Journal describing the difficulties of defending against this biological weapon. Anthrax Biological and epidemiological information. With some excellent light and electron micrographs. Lecture on Anthrax From a bacteriology course at the University of Wisconsin. What is Anthrax? Information from the Centers for Disease Control Anthrax - the textbook story From an on-line microbiology textbook. Anthrax: Medical Information A web page from a medical lecture on anthrax. With some very graphic images of anthrax skin infections.

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