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Anthrax is a serious infectious disease that can be deadly without prompt treatment.
means A serious bacterial disease, caused by spore-forming bacteria, that infects livestock and can spread to humans through contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products.
from From Greek 'anthrax,' meaning coal or carbuncle — a name given because the disease produces black, coal-like skin lesions in its cutaneous form. The same Greek root also gave us 'anthracite,' the hard black coal, making the disease and the fuel distant linguistic cousins through their shared blackness.
- spore lifespan
- can survive dormant in soil for decades
- name origin
- greek for coal, from black skin lesions
- band confusion
- thrash metal band named after the disease, not vice versa
- weapon history
- used in 2001 US mail bioterror attacks