True regarding anthrax is all except: (A) Caused by insect bite, (B) Caused by rubbing of skin, (C) Cutaneous type is rare nowadays, (D) Pulmonary infection occurs by inhalation
Answer is C. Anthrax is a zoonosis. The disease is generally fatal septicemia but may sometimes be localized, resembling the cutaneous disease in human beings. Anthrax may be cutaneous, pulmonary or intestinal. Cutaneous anthrax used to be common in dock workers carrying loads of hides and skins on their bare backs and hence was known as the hide poer's disease. Reference: Textbook of Microbiology; Anathanarayan and paniker's; 10th edition; Page no: 250