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Can anthrax disease be spread from person-to-person?

April 26, 2017Anthrax disease person-to-person spread

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Can anthrax disease be spread from person-to-person?

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