ANTHRAX: THE LITTLE BUGGER THAT COULD
April 18, 2007
On September 18, 2001, exactly one week after the fall of the World Trade Center, the United States of America came to the grips of another scare, this time from an entity so small it can never be seen without the aid of a microscope. It came in the form of a deadly bacteria strain known as anthrax.
What is anthrax? As stated above, anthrax is a strain of bacteria commonly found in ruminant animals. It is not contagious and rarely infects humans; it cannot be passed on from human to human. However, if a human is exposed to the bacteria, either through inhalation, ingestion or skin exposure, the infection can prove fatal. The mortality rate of humans to the anthrax bacteria is 100%.
