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Hello students, the question asked is about cutaneous anthrax and we have to provide information about its causative agent, virulence factors, portal of entry, signs and symptoms, incubation period, susceptibility, treatment and prevention.
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Now coming first to the causative agent, its causative agent is a bacterium which is called bacillus anthracis and the virulence factors of this bacteria are, these bacteria produce two toxins which are called edema toxin and lethal toxin which are responsible for the symptoms during the cutaneous anthrax.
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Now the portal of entry which means that how it enters the human body, it enters the human body through cuts or bruises or aberrations on the skin.
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So when there are cuts or aberrations or bruises on the skin, it enters, this bacteria enters into the body through these cuts, bruises and aberrations, signs and symptoms.
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So when there is an infection of this bacteria, what are the signs and symptoms? first, they develop into small painless bumps or pimples, pimples like structure that develop into blisters which means that they develop into a bubble like structure which has fluid inside it within one to two days.
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Then these blisters turn black and turn into black ulcer which has a swollen area around this ulceration.
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Other symptoms include fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes.
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So these are the symptoms of this cutaneous anthrax and this anthrax infects a human body...
