Anthrax

      Canton City Health Department
                            James M. Adams, R.S., M.P.H., Health Commissioner

                          Promoting and Protecting Health Since 1849

420 Market Ave. North
Canton, Ohio 44702
(330) 489-3231
(330) 489-3335 (fax)
Info@cantonhealth.org

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Anthrax

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

Symptoms of disease vary depending on how the disease was contracted, but usually occur within 7 days after exposure. The serious forms of human anthrax are inhalation anthrax, cutaneous anthrax, and intestinal anthrax.

Direct person-to-person spread of anthrax is extremely unlikely, if it occurs at all. Therefore, there is no need to immunize or treat contacts of persons ill with anthrax, such as household contacts, friends, or coworkers, unless they also were also exposed to the same source of infection.

In persons exposed to anthrax, infection can be prevented with antibiotic treatment.

An anthrax vaccine also can prevent infection. Vaccination against anthrax is not recommended for the general public to prevent disease and is not available.

For more information about Anthrax, visit the following site:

Center for Disease Control Anthrax Resources

Local Media Releases pertaining to Anthrax:

GUIDELINES FOR HANDLING MAIL

Health Department workers lauded
By CHARITA M. GOSHAY Repository staff writer

Medical experts, city respond to anthrax fears

By DIANA ROSSETTI Repository Living Section writer

False alarm on powder scare at Rep

By ED BALINT Repository staff writer

Suspicious spill, scare at hospital a costly affair

By TERRY DeMIO Repository city editor and LORI MONSEWICZ Repository staff writer

Mercy’s trauma center closed

By MALCOLM HALL Repository staff writer

Stark State target of anthrax testing

By ED BALINT Repository staff writer