Is anthrax contagious?
No. Anthrax is NOT contagious and cannot be spread from person to person the way a common cold might. This is because anthrax is a bacteria rather than a virus. However, someone who has been recently exposed to anthrax may carry spores on their person that can fall off during normal body movement. These loose spores could possibly infect another person, although this scenario is not very likely due to the minimum amount of exposure from a few spores.
No. Anthrax is not contagious; the illness cannot be transmitted from person to person. What are the case fatality rates for the various forms of anthrax? Early treatment of cutaneous anthrax is usually curative, and early treatment of all forms is important for recovery. Patients with cutaneous anthrax have reported case fatality rates of 20% without antibiotic treatment and less than 1% with it. Although case-fatality estimates for inhalational anthrax are based on incomplete information, the rate is extremely high, approximately 75%, even with all possible supportive care including appropriate antibiotics. Estimates of the impact of the delay in post-exposure prophylaxis or treatment on survival are not known. For gastrointestinal anthrax, the case-fatality rate is estimated to be 25%-60% and the effect of early antibiotic treatment on that case-fatality rate is not defined. Exposure What is the difference between exposure to anthrax and disease caused by anthrax? Can I be exposed t
