What are the various ways that the anthrax bacteria can be transferred to humans?

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Biology

Eric Michael

22 February, 21:13

What are the various ways that the anthrax bacteria can be transferred to humans?

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Heidi Shepard · Answer 1

Anthrax is transmitted from person to person through the anthrax skin lesion could be contagious through direct touch, generally this infection occurs in the body through the wound or open cuts.

Inhalation of the anthrax spore can also cause the transmission of this bacteria in an individual. Cutaneous is one of the type of the anthrax that takes place when an individual get infected by the entry of product of anthrax by the scrape in cutaneous layer.

Thus, the ways are mention above are the main ways through infection of anthrax can be transferred to humans.

Thalia Duarte · Answer 2

From the medical research that has carried out till now it has been proved that there is no confirmation that can prove that transmission of anthrax infection from one body to another.

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From the medical research that has carried out till now it has been proved that there is no confirmation that can prove that transmission of anthrax infection from one body to another. However, skin lesions can be infectious when an infected person comes in contact with others. The one way through which bacteria can enter the body is the wound in skin and another way is by eating the contaminated meat.