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Introduction (1)
The infection begins with the inhalation of the anthrax spore. The ability to reach the pulmonary alveolus requires a spore size of less than 5 microns.
The spore is engulfed by alveolar macrophages, and is transported through the pulmonary lymphatics to hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes.
