Translations:Basic Field Epi: Course Resource Book/274/en
The anthrax life cycle includes the following steps:
- Anthrax spores are ingested, inhaled, or contacted by the host (human or animal)
- Disease and death occur in the host
- Vegetative cells are released into the environment following death of the host
- Anthrax infection can occur from contact with animals that have died from anthrax
- Vegetative cells in the environment turn into spores and remain infective to hosts for many years