References & Resources

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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• The Journal of the American Medical Association
• The New England Journal of Medicine
• Other Web Sites
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bioterrorism web site: https://emergency.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/index.asp
• Emerging Infectious Diseases: Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax: The First 10 Cases Reported in the United States November-December 2001 (Vol.7, No. 6), available at:
  www.cdc.gov/ncidod
  
• Emerging Infectious Diseases: National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism.  July-August 1999 (Vol.5, No. 4) available at: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/pdf/v5n4.pdf
  
• Bioterrorism Alleging Use of Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Management — United States, 1998: February 05, 1999 / (Vol. 48, No. 4:69-74), available at: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056353.htm
  
• U.S. Public Health Service's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations on smallpox vaccination: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5010a1.htm

• U.S. Public Health Service's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations on anthrax vaccination: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4915a1.htm

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following free content articles.

• JAMA series (available at: http://jama.ama-assn.org)
• Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002. Updated Recommendations for Management.  May 1, 2002 (Vol 287, No 17: 2236-2252), full text or pdf
• Anthrax as a Biological Weapon. May 12, 1999 (Vol 281, No 18: 1735-1745), full text or pdf
• Smallpox as a Biological Weapon. June 9, 1999 (Vol 281, No 22: 2127-2137), full text or pdf
• Plague as a Biological Weapon. May 3, 2000 (Vol 283, No 17:2281-2289), full text or pdf
• Botulinum toxin as a Biological Weapon. Feb. 28, 2001 (Vol 285, No. 8: 1059-1070), full text or pdf
• Tularemia as a Biological Weapon. June 6, 2001 (Vol 285, No. 21:2763-2773), full text or pdf
• Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons: Medical and Public Health Management. May 8, 2002 (Vol 287, No. 18:2391-2405), full text or pdf
• Mayer TA, Bersoff- Matcha S, Murphy C. Clinical presentation of inhalational anthrax following bioterrorism exposure-report of 2 surviving patients. JAMA 2001;286:2549-2553. Visit http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/286/20/2549 for more information.
• Borio L, Frank D, Mani V. Death due to bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax -report of 2 patients. JAMA 2001;286:2554-2559 
  Visit http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/286/20/2554lfor more information.

• JAMA: August 6, 1997 (Vol. 278, No.5) issue on biological warfare and terrorism. See http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/vol278/issue5/index.dtl for list of articles. Includes Clinical Recognition and Management of Patients Exposed to Biological Warfare Agents. Abstract available at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/278/5/399. Authors from the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

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• Bush LM, Abrams BH, Beall AJ, Caroline C. Index case of fatal inhalational anthrax due to bioterrorism in the United States. N Engl J Med. November 29, 2001 (Volume 345:1607-1610)
  http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/345/22/1607
  
• Swartz MN. Recognition and management of anthrax - an update. N Engl J Med. November 29, 2001 (Volume 345:1621-1626)
  http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/345/22/1621
  
• Gallagher TC, Strober BE. Cutaneous Bacillus anthracis infection. N Engl J Med. November 29, 2001 (Volume 345:1646-1647)
  http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/345/22/1646
  
• Roche KJ, Chang MW, Lazarus H. Cutaneous anthrax infection. N Engl J Med. November 29, 2001 (Volume 345:1611)
  http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/345/22/1611 

• Anthrax. T.C. Dixon, et al. NEJM, September 9, 1999 (Vol. 341, No. 11:815-825), http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/341/11/815

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• Cutaneous anthrax: differential diagnosis:https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/212127-differential
  
• US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook. The handbook contains information on biological agents, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis:   Handbook
• The UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Public Health and Disasters has a slide show, references and links for emergency and primary care physicians: www.ph.ucla.edu/cphdr/bioterrorism/index.html

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