In this video, Patrick Kelly guides you through the microbiology of anthrax disease before telling the story of Robert Koch, whose research on anthrax helped establish the germ theory of disease, a cornerstone of microbiology. Learn how early discoveries paved the way for modern antibiotics and revolutionized our approach to infectious diseases. Whether you're a microbiology enthusiast or just curious about medical history, this video offers a comprehensive overview of anthrax from its origins to contemporary treatment methods.
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CDC History of Anthrax https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/basics/an...
Human Anthrax: Update of the Diagnosis and Treatment (2023)
https://www.mdpi.com/20754418/13/6/1056
Biostats Anthrax articles https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...
Baylor Anthrax article https://www.bcm.edu/departments/molec...
CDC Anthrax routes https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/basics/ty...
Ins and Outs of Anthrax Toxin (2016) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Anthrax: A Disease and a Weapon (2005) https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/documen...
Fournier 1769 book https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
Koch’s Original 1876 paper https://archive.org/details/beitrgezu...
Koch’s 1877 paper with first anthrax images
https://archive.org/details/beitrgezu...
Pouilly le Fort Experiment (FR 1881 / ENG 2002) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Robert Koch and the ‘golden age’ of bacteriology (2009) https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1...
The first live attenuated vaccines (2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/d4285...
Anthrax vaccines at the PI (2024) https://www.mdpi.com/20726651/16/2/66
Anthrax and the wool trade (1902) https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
John Henry Bell (2002) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Brachman Vaccine Paper (1962) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Combinations of Monoclonal Antibodies to Anthrax Toxin (2013) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Raxibacumab approval from FDA https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsa...
Obiltoxaximab (2016) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27085...
Anthim (obiltoxiaximab) https://anthim.com/whatisanthim.html
Antibodies against Anthrax Toxins (2022) https://www.mdpi.com/20726651/14/3/172
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⌛T I M E S T A M P S ⌛
0:00 intro
0:57 Microbiology of Anthrax Disease
4:27 Early History of Anthrax
6:28 Nicolas Fournier
8:15 Davaine and Rayer find bacillus anthracis
10:10 Robert Koch's work on anthrax
18:37 Modern treatments for anthrax
14:56 Louis Pasteur, PouilleyleFort, and the anthrax vaccine
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