Anthrax is a zoonotic infection.

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Anthrax is a zoonotic infection.

Zoonotic infections are diseases that can move between animals and humans. Anthrax fits this because Bacillus anthracis naturally cycles in herbivorous livestock such as cattle, sheep, and goats, and humans can acquire it through contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products. People may contract the disease via skin contact with spores (cutaneous), inhalation of spores (inhalational), or ingestion of undercooked contaminated meat (gastrointestinal). Direct human-to-human transmission is not a typical route for anthrax, so the ecological pattern is animal-to-human rather than contagious among people. That makes the statement true.

Zoonotic infections are diseases that can move between animals and humans. Anthrax fits this because Bacillus anthracis naturally cycles in herbivorous livestock such as cattle, sheep, and goats, and humans can acquire it through contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products. People may contract the disease via skin contact with spores (cutaneous), inhalation of spores (inhalational), or ingestion of undercooked contaminated meat (gastrointestinal). Direct human-to-human transmission is not a typical route for anthrax, so the ecological pattern is animal-to-human rather than contagious among people. That makes the statement true.

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