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Gastrointestinal
Anthrax:
Less fatal than Pulmonary Anthrax, symptoms of this infection
include vomiting of blood and inflammation of the intestinal
tract. Untreated, the mortality rate is 25-65%. This presentation
of anthrax infection is most common if one ingests the meat
of an infected animal that was not slaughtered or cooked
properly.
Cutaneous
Anthrax
This type of Anthrax presents with black, painless sores
on the skin. This is where the name of the disease is derived
from—anthrax comes from the Greek word for coal. The
disease has an approximate 20% mortality rate, but is not
usually lethal if treated. The most common way to become
infected with this form of anthrax is to handle the tissue
or hides of an infected animal and be exposed through a
cut or other opening in one’s skin.
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