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Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacteria called Bacillus anthracis . Infection in humans most often involves the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, or the lungs. See also: Cutaneous anthrax ; Inhalation anthrax
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Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis that primarily affects livestock but that can occasionally spread to humans, affecting either the skin, intestines, or lungs. In humans, the infection can often be treated, but it is almost always fatal in animals.
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Anthrax, a zoonotic disease, is one of the earliest diseases known to man. Worldwide public health surveillance data are not accurate for either animal or human anthrax up to the 1950s, but it is probable that thousands of human cases occurred annually.
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