What are the symptoms of cutaneous anthrax?
Symptoms usually occur within seven days. Initial symptoms of cutaneous anthrax may include “flu-like” symptoms, such as a low-grade fever and general fatigue. Lymph glands may swell. A boil-like lesion that eventually develops an ulcer with a black center will form on the skin. If symptoms do not develop within two weeks of exposure, there is only a remote chance of developing cutaneous anthrax disease.
