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Bioterrorism: Lessons Learned Since the Anthrax Mailings
In the fall of 2001, Bacillus anthracis spores were spread through letters mailed in the United States. Twenty-two people are known to have been infected, and five of these individuals died. Together with the September 11 attacks, this resulted in a reevaluation of the risks and benefits of life science research with the potential for misuse. In this editorial, we review some of the results of ...
متن کاملDeath Due to Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax
ON OCTOBER 9, 2001, A LETter containing anthrax spores was mailed to a US senator’s office in Washington, DC. That letter was processed at the Brentwood postal facility, one of the largest in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, and eventually opened by the senator’s staff 6 days later. As of October 30, 2001, 5 postal workers who worked at or handled bulk mail from that facility had been hos...
متن کاملClinical predictors of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax.
Limitation of a bioterrorist anthrax attack will require rapid and accurate recognition of the earliest victims. To identify clinical characteristics of inhalational anthrax, we compared 47 historical cases (including 11 cases of bioterrorism-related anthrax) with 376 controls with community-acquired pneumonia or influenza-like illness. Nausea, vomiting, pallor or cyanosis, diaphoresis, altered...
متن کاملAnthrax Bioterrorism: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
n September 11, 2001, the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack in its history. As the nation sought to deal with this tragedy, it would face a second wave of terrorism—this time, in the form of a biological attack. The suspicion of anthrax in a patient by an astute infectious disease clinician along with capable clinical and public health laboratory staff in Florida would lead t...
متن کاملUpdate: investigation of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax--Connecticut, 2001.
Since October 3, 2001, CDC and state and local public health authorities have been investigating cases of bioterrorism-related anthrax. As of November 28, a total of 23 cases have been identified; 11 were confirmed as inhalational anthrax, and 12 (seven confirmed and five suspected) were cutaneous. Epidemiologic investigations to identify the source of exposure to Bacillus anthracis continue fo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Weekly releases (1997–2007)
سال: 1999
ISSN: 9999-1233
DOI: 10.2807/esw.03.07.01455-en