ragpicker's disease

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Noun1.ragpicker's disease - a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracisragpicker's disease - a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
anthrax pneumonia, inhalation anthrax, pulmonary anthrax, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia
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In the 19th century, anthrax was known in Europe as woolsorter's and ragpicker's disease because these groups of people caught the endospores from the fibers and hides they were handling.
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In our introductory paragraph we referred to woolsorter's disease and ragpicker's disease, terms used to describe textile industry related inhalational anthrax rather than cutaneous disease (3,4).
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