Word: anthrax
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...anthrax visible...
...microorganism so it?s invisible to the naked eye. Even the infectious dose, which is between 8,000 and 10,000 spores, is smaller than a speck of dust. It?s totally odorless and tasteless as well. There are other ways to get anthrax, via the skin, for example, but the inhaled version is the most lethal...
...lethal is anthrax...
...disease progresses like this: Once introduced into the body, the particles of anthrax travel into the tiny air sacs in the lungs. They lodge there and begin to disseminate themselves. At this point the bacterium produce toxins, which is what creates the illness in the host: First you see non-specific flu-like symptoms. Then, in hours or in a few days, some patients will have a brief period of recovery. Others progress directly to the second stage of the disease, which generally leads to shock, massive swelling of lymph nodes and hemorrhagic meningitis (bleeding in the brain...
...There is a vaccine for anthrax, but it?s only available in very limited quantities to the military. Will a vaccine be more widely available soon...