The first United States anthrax vaccine discover in
1950. However, the current form of the vaccine that is use today formulated in
1960 and approved for usage in 1970.
Current United States Vaccine
The current vaccine is not available to the general
public only to military personal. This must be given out in 6 shots over an 18
month period. Some side effect may include things linked to Gulf War syndrome
such as depression, severe fatigue, and some skin rashes. Also does not protect
some people from natural occurring strains of the disease.
Experimental Vaccines for Humans
There is a new experimental vaccine that is being
developed by using fragments of DNA from the actual disease itself. They hope
by injecting those strands of DNA into the person’s body that it will help them
fight off the disease. At the time this is being tested on mice.
Didn’t Your Mother Ever Tell You to Eat Your Spinach!
Yes, we are talking about spinach. Recent studies
have come out saying that spinach can be used as an edible vaccine against
anthrax because they can produce the protective antigen of bacillus anthracis. Wow! I think I will eat my spinach now!
Antibiotics of Anthrax
There are many antibiotics on the available to help
treat anthrax. But the most well known and the best on the market is
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro). The only time that this should be used in children under
the age of 18 is if they were exposed to inhalation anthrax. You may also use
penicillin or doxycycline, but these can be only on certain strains. You must
use the antibiotics for 60 days to make sure that the anthrax spores have been
killed.
Treatment of Anthrax
Table 1. Interim recommendations for postexposure
prophylaxis for prevention of inhalational anthrax after intentional exposure
to B. anthracic.
Animal Vaccines
The first vaccine that was developed for animals was
developed in 1880 by Pasteur, Toussaint, and Greenfield. The vaccine that is
used today for animals was invented in 1935 by a man named Sterne.
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