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Anthrax

First Name:

 Megan

Teacher:

 Mrs. Harbort

Hour:

 3

Name of illness or disease

 The name of my disease is Anthrax

Is it a bacteria or virus?

 Anthrax is a bacteria

What are the signs and symptoms?

 The signs and symptoms are you can get a dark itchy bumb that looks like a insect bit with a black area in the center of it.

What causes the illness or disease?

 What causes it is you can catch it by inhaling anthrax spores or by eating contaminated meat.

What are the complications, if any?

 You could die if not treated in a nuff time

What is the treatment for this illness or disease?

 They can give you some immunization which is medicine that will help you get better.

How can the illness or disease be prevented?

 You could cheek your mail and everything before you open it or eat it so you should always because any thing could happen take caution.

This is a picture of my illness or disease…..

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Medialist.asp?pg=3&ti=761577286

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