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How is anthrax transmitted?
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Air-borne: Anthrax is an air-borne illness. These spores can live in sheeps wool and get into the body by inhalation.
Answered 3/4/2012
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Air-borne: Anthrax is contracted through contact with farm animals and breathing in the spores. It also has been weaponized, and is utilized as a bioweapon.
Answered 7/20/2012
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