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    Bioterrorism & Biological Agents Articles

Anthrax
Full text article from New England Journal of Medicine. 341:815-826, 1999 Sept 9. Available full text online for the LECOM staff, faculty, and students.        

Anthrax as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. Working Group on Civilian Biodefense 
Full text article from JAMA. 281(18):1735-45, 1999 May 12. Erratum appears in JAMA 2000 Apr 19;283(15):1963. Available full text online for the general public.

Anthrax as a biological weapon,2002 : Updated recommendations for management. Working Group on Civilian Biodefense. Full text article from JAMA 2002;287:2236-2252. Erratum appears in JAMA 2002 Oct 16; 288(15):1849

CDC Health Advisory How to Handle Anthrax and other Biological Agent Threats
Article on how to handle exposure to anthrax, produced October 12, 2001 by the CDC.  Available to the general public.  

Clinical Anthrax
 Slide presentation from the CDC about Anthrax.

Bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax:  the first 10 cases reported in the United States
Full text article from Emerging Infectious Diseases.  7(6): 2001 Nov.-Dec., available to the general public.

Post-Exposure Anthrax Prophylaxis
Full text article from the Medical Letter of Drugs and Therapeutics. 43(W1116-1117A), 2001 Oct 29th.

Smallpox as a biological weapon: medical and public health management
 Full text article from JAMA. 281(22): 2127-37 1999 Jun 9, available to the general public

Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon : medical and public health management  
Full text article from JAMA. 285(8):1059-1070 2001 Feb 28., available to the general public.

Plague as a biological weapon: medical and public health management
Full text article from JAMA. 283(17):2281-90, 2000 May 3, available to the general public.

Tularemia as a biological weapon: medical and public health management
Full text article from JAMA. 285(21):2763-73, 2001 Jun 6, available to the general public.

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5(4), 1999
This issue of EID, published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, contains multiple articles related to bioterrorism.

Internet Sites

Advanced Technology to Counter Biological Terrorism
Overview of a presentation at the International Conference on Threats in the Technological Age, March 18, 1998.

Bioterrorism Agent Information Sheets
Collected by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. from a variety of other agencies.

CDC Anthrax Information

CDC Emergency Bioterrorism Contact Protocols
Notification procedures in the event of a local incident developed by the CDC

CDC Smallpox Information

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
Chemical Casualty Care division.  Many useful links.

Organizations, Associations, and Agencies

American College of Physicians Bioterrorism Resource Center
Links to bioterrorism speaker's bureau and additional bioterrorism resources.

American Medical Association Physician Resources

CDC: Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
Documents from the CDC concerning possible bioterrorism agents and public health monitoring and plans of action to minimize their impact.

National Institute of Mental Health
Provides helpful information on post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety disorders following the recent terrorist acts.  Includes a special fact sheet on helping children and adolescents cope with violence and disasters.

National Library of Medicine
Provides information on a variety of health topics.  

NBC-Med
Provides current news on anthrax, and links to medical references.

Pennsylvania Department of Health
Emergency Preparedness/Bioterrorism section.  Fact sheets on anthrax, botulism, brucellosis, ebola, plague, smallpox.

University of Pittsburgh Health Science Library - Medical Responses to Terrorism
Journal links, Internet sites and additional resources dedicated to bioterrorism.

Virtual Naval Hospital
 Information for health care providers on biological, chemical, and nuclear warfare.

 


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