Anthrax
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Symptoms: symptoms of this disease occur within 7 days of contracting this disease but the symptoms vary depending on the way that you contract this disease. Most being around 95% of case with anthrax get raised itchy bumps, this may have the characteristics of an insect bite of some sort. With in 1-2 days of this it will turn into a painless ulcer around 1-3 cm in size with a black tip. Lymph glands may swell. About 20% of all untreated cases will result in death.
It could be that you have inhaled this disease and then the symptoms could be that it is like a cold but then it progresses to severe breathing problems this is usually fatal.
You may of even eaten anthrax through contaminated meats. Some of the symptoms of intestinal anthrax are abdominal pain followed by vomiting blood and severe diarrhea. Intestinal anthrax has a 25% - 60 % death rate
Cause and transmission method: Anthrax is generally a disease of livestock, especially cattle. It is caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis but there is really not much known...