Anthrax: A Biological Weapon Of Choice For Terrorism

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Anthrax has been used a biological weapon through out the ages, and modern times are not any different from then. The reason anthrax is a popular weapon of choice for terrorist is how easy it can be to obtain. Anthrax is a naturally occurring biological agent, bacteria, that forms in the soil. ( Defencejournal) Anthrax has several different routes of potential exposure to its victims. The first route of exposure and also the most dangerous is that of inhalation, or breathing in the spores. The second route and also just as deadly as inhalation is that of ingestion, or eating the spores. Both of these routes have a mortality rate of 95-100%, even if antibiotics are used in the treatment. The third route of exposure of anthrax is that of the

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