and symptoms???Illness may be biphasic, with an initial prodrome (which includes symptoms such as fever, malaise, fatigue, anorexia) followed by sudden increase in fever, severe respiratory distress, diaphoresis, and shock, if left untreated.???Symptoms for 10 patients with inhalational anthrax identified during the 2001 US outbreakb-c: ~Fever, chills (100%) (7 were febrile on initial presentation