The Anthrax Threat

Anthrax is threatening today's global military personnel in the United States: biological weapons. Protecting the US Army from attacks on biological weapons, the Department of Defense implemented an essential vaccination program for Bacillus anthracis. There are reasons to resist the growing threat of hostile countries and potential terrorist organizations that may or may not have the ability to use weaponized anthrax spores as biological weapons. With this decision, a disciplinary hearing was held with the military court in the United States.

Since 1997, in the US, I have experienced the threat and mischief of Bacillus anthracis occurring almost every day at the end of 1998. Famous are envelopes containing various powders and materials that are sent through postal services such as abortion, reproductive health clinic, government offices and so on. Until the fall of 2001, none of these substances were positive for pathogenic Bacilli, and since 1976 there have been no cases of inhalation of anthrax in the United States.

Recently anthrax has been well published during this uncertainty period. As the threat of terrorism is prolonged, Bacillus anthracis has been proven to be useful for biological weapons. In the next section I will explain the type of anthrax, the symptoms of infection, the symptoms occurring at the cellular level, and the treatments that can be used to counteract the effects of anthrax. Anthrax is also known as spleen fever, malignant pustule or wool mite, an infection of ectodermal animals (including humans) caused by B. anthracis. Bacillus anthracis can form spores that are highly refractive to light and resistant to staining. There are three types of anthrax: skin ("skin"), digestive tract ("stomach"), and inhalation.