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Anthrax

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000420

An acute infection caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis. It commonly affects hoofed animals such as sheep and goats. Infection in humans often involves the skin (cutaneous anthrax), the lungs (inhalation anthrax), or the gastrointestinal tract.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000420
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoBacterial infections; Bacillus anthracis; Anthrax vaccines
TranslationsSpanish: ántrax
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000420",
  "term": "Anthrax",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An acute infection caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis. It commonly affects hoofed animals such as sheep and goats. Infection in humans often involves the skin (cutaneous anthrax), the lungs (inhalation anthrax), or the gastrointestinal tract.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "bacterial infections",
    "Bacillus anthracis",
    "anthrax vaccines"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ántrax"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/anthrax/"
}

Record 416 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.