1250 BC ancient origins Thought to have originated in Egypt and Mesopotamia Scientists and historians believe that Anthrax was once called The Fifth Plague Scholars of the Ancient GreekRoman times believe that Anthrax was depicted in Homers Iliad from 1230 BC ID: 210460
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A (short) History of AnthraxSlide21250 BC (ancient origins)Thought to have originated in Egypt and MesopotamiaScientists and historians believe that Anthrax was once called “The Fifth Plague”
Scholars of the Ancient Greek/Roman times believe that Anthrax was depicted in Homers Iliad from 1230 BC
Some believe that Anthrax contributed to the fall of RomeSlide31700’sFirst clinical depictions of Anthrax (mid 1700’s)Slide41877Robert Koch uses bacillus anthracis to make his “Koch postulates”, in doing so he discovered what the bacterium did and how to operated/lived. Slide51800’sAlso known as the “wool sorters disease”Scientists discovered that the bacteria had a rod-like shape to itSlide61881Louis Pasteur creates the first vaccine for the illness we now know as AnthraxSlide71900’sEarliest “local” and international cases were documented in the United States, Britain, and GermanySlide81937A vaccine for Anthrax in animals was created, which helped reduce the abundance of Anthrax in humans. Humans usually got Anthrax from animals, so if the source of the illness was stopped, they assumed that the results would soon stop tooSlide91979Outbreak in the USSR People thought that Anthrax was coming from the livestock
Some people didn’t agree and realized that the microbiological facility (belonging to the military) was approximately 2.5 miles from all of the cases of Anthrax
Western scientists and doctors proved that the Anthrax from within the facility had been leaked to the publicSlide102006Drum maker from New York got sick in Pennsylvania while on tourThe drum maker had just returned from Africa (he got animal skins for his drums)
He did not use chemicals to clean the skins of the animals
He had breathing problems, and therefore was hospitalized
He was diagnosed with inhalational AnthraxSlide112010Small outbreak of Anthrax in the United Kingdom and GermanyAll patients were unlawful drug users (heroin)A new form of Anthrax was discovered (injection Anthrax)
Doctors believe that there was somehow Anthrax in the heroin Slide122011Dan Anders was a retired Florida man who took his wife on a vacation across the country for 3 weeks. The couple visited Wyoming, Montana and the Dakota’s when Dan got sick in Minnesota. He went to the hospital and the doctors diagnosed him with pneumonia. A doctor who had known some information about Anthrax, didn’t believe that the diagnosis was correct. More tests were performed and Anthrax bacteria was found in Ander’s blood. He received immediate treatment and spent 3 weeks in the hospital. Dan Anders fully recovered and went home a healthy manSlide13Picture Sources http://www.planet-wissen.de/alltag_gesundheit/sauberkeit/hygiene/hygiene_epidemiologie.jsp
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