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Anthrax
Anthrax occurs among grazing animals in many parts of the world, including livestock in parts of New South Wales. Anthrax is a very rare disease in humans. In NSW, only three cases of human anthrax have been reported since 1982.
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Anthrax - Farmer Health | Farmer Health
Anthrax is a bacterial disease that targets sheep, cattle and other hoofed herbivores (grass eating animals) like goats and horses. Occasionally anthrax infects humans. Anthrax is a rare hazard for anyone who works with livestock or their by-products including farmers,...
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Anthrax Information for Contacts Farms and similar settings
This is a factsheet for people who may have been exposed to anthrax in a farm setting or through other contact with infected animals or animal products in New South Wales.
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Anthrax - Lab Tests Online AU
Anthrax is an infection caused by a bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. The infection can take three forms depending on the affected part of the body: cutaneous (on the skin), inhalational, and gastrointestinal. B. anthracis is a spore-forming microorganism that lives in the soil. The spore is extremely hardy and can lie dormant yet alive for many years. The bacterium primarily infects wild and domesticated grazing animals, such as cattle, sheep, and goats. Humans can then become infected by handling the animals or their hair, hide, or meat.Natural anthrax infection is not contracted through drinking milk from an infected animal. Human-to-human transmission is exceedingly rare.
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Anthrax | Public Health
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Vaccines for preventing anthrax | Cochrane
Anthrax is a bacterial infection that usually affects animals. Anthrax is not common in humans, but it can be acquired through breaks in the skin, from contaminated food, and through inhalation of bacteria. Human anthraxis often serious and can cause high rates of death. Various types of anthrax vaccines have been developed to protect those who may be exposed to the infection. The authors of this review wanted to evaluate the benefits and harms of vaccines for preventing anthrax. They identified four recent smaller randomized controlled trials of individuals and an older large cluster-randomized controlled trial with over 150,000 participants. The cluster trial provided limited evidence that a vaccine, based on a strain of live anthrax organisms incapable of causing disease, was effective in preventing cutaneous anthrax.More recent types of vaccines tested in the smaller trials, also based on inactivated components of the anthrax bacterium, appear to have few adverse events and to stimulate a good immune response. Several randomized controlled trials testing these newer vaccines are currently in progress. They will provide further information on the immunogenicity and safety of different vaccine regimens to be used for people at risk of anthrax exposure.
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