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pulmonary anthrax

NOUN
  1. a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse

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  • I mean as I said before, we have -- we have 18 cases in all of the 20th Century from pulmonary anthrax and maybe an average of four or five a year for cutaneous, which is, as I say 99 percent curable if you get antibiotics. CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2001
  • It is in the deeper recesses of the lung where the Anthrax spores develop into full-blown Pulmonary Anthrax.
  • The risk of person-to-person transmission of pulmonary anthrax is minimal.
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