Information on which to base assessments of risk from environments contaminated with anthrax spores.
Although there has been a considerable amount of research conducted into Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, the data are widely disseminated in the scientific literature and are therefore not always easy to assimilate. In view of continuing concern about potential anthrax contamination in environmental materials and sites, this review brings together the currently available information relating to the health hazards from B. anthracis. The relevance of the available information for risk assessment purposes is assessed.
Watson
A
A
Environmental Risk Assessment Department, AEA Technology Consultancy Services, Warrington, Cheshire.
Keir
D
D
D000818:Animals; D000881:Anthrax / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000502:physiology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D014774:Virulence
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C030325:anthrax toxin