1. Bacillus anthracis
After several days, the symptoms may progress to severe breathing problems and shock. ... Symptoms can appear within 7 days of coming in contact with the bacterium for all three types of anthrax. For inhalation anthrax, symptoms can appear within a week or can take up to 42 days to appear. ... Even if untreated, 80 percent of people who become infected with cutaneous anthrax do not die. ... Extensive testing on the utility of anthrax as a BW agent was carried out by the British in World War II, the United States in the early Cold War period, and by the Soviet Union into the 1980s. ...
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