A One-Health lens for anthrax

Outbreaks of deadly zoonotic diseases with epidemic potential have plagued humans for centuries. While global attention is currently focused on the WHO Blueprint list of priority diseases, which include Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola, Marburg, Lassa fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome, Rift Valley fever, Nipah and henipaviral diseases, there are other, neglected, zoonoses,1 which also need attention. A good example of this neglect is anthrax,2 caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.