There are four types of anthrax—cutaneous, injection, inhalation and gastrointestinal—which occur when the bacteria enter ...

The infection happens when humans come in direct or indirect contact with infected animals. Anthrax is caused by inhaling, ingesting or by having any contact with the spores of Bacillus anthracis ...

The medical examinations later showed that the five were suffering from skin infections, very likely consistent with cutaneous anthrax. About 20 percent of untreated human cases of this type of ...