Friday, May 09, 2008

Bioterrorism Watch

Anthrax

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States.
MMWR. 2000;49 (RR-15, Dec 15):1-20.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Recognition of Illness Associated with the Intentional
Release of a Biologic Agent.
MMWR. 2001;50(Oct 19):893-7.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Update: Investigation of Anthrax Associated with
Intentional Exposure and Interim Public Health
Guidelines, October 2001.
MMWR. 2001;50(Oct 19):889-93.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Update: Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related
Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Exposure
Management and Antimicrobial Therapy, October 2001.
MMWR. 2001;50(Oct 26):909-19.

Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) website.
www.anthrax.mil

Dixon TC, Meselson M, Guillemin J, Hanna PC.
Anthrax.
N Engl J Med. 1999;341(Sep 9):815-26.

Inglesby TV, O'Toole T, Henderson DA, et al.,
Working Group on Civilian Biodefense.
Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002: Updated Recommendations for Management.
JAMA 2002;287:2236-52.

Botulism

Arnon SS, Schechter R, Inglesby TV, Henderson DA,
Bartlett JG, Ascher MS, Eitzen E, Fine AD, Hauer J,
Layton M, Lillibridge S, Osterholm MT, O'Toole T,
Parker G, Perl TM, Russell PK, Swerdlow DL, Tonat K,
Working Group on Civilian Biodefense.
Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon:
Medical and Public Health Management.
JAMA. 2001;285(Feb 28):1059-70.

Telephone number to report botulism cases and request antitoxin.
MMWR 2003;52:774.

Plague

Inglesby TV, Dennis DT, Henderson DA, Bartlett JG,
Ascher MS, Eitzen E, Fine AD, Friedlander AM,
Hauer J, Koerner JF, Layton M, McDade J, Osterholm MT, O'Toole T, Parker G, Perl TM, Russell PK, Schoch-Spana M, Tonat K, Working Group on
Civilian Biodefense.
Plague as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public
Health Management.
JAMA. 2000;283(May 3):2281-90.

Smallpox (also Vaccinia, Variola)

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Vaccinia (Smallpox) Vaccine.
MMWR. 2001;50(RR-10, Jun 22):1-25.

Fenner F, Henderson DA, Arita I, Jezek Z, Ladnyi ID.
Smallpox and Its Eradication.
Geneva: World Health Organization, 1988.

Henderson DA, Inglesby TV, Bartlett JG, Ascher MS,
Eitzen E, Jahrling PB, Hauer J, Layton M, McDade J,
Osterholm MT, O'Toole T, Parker G, Perl T, Russell PK,
Tonat K, Working Group on Civilian Biodefense.
Smallpox as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public
Health Management.
JAMA. 1999;281(Jun 9):2127-37.

Grabenstein JD, Winkenwerder W Jr.
US military smallpox vaccination program experience.
JAMA 2003;289:3278-3282.

Tularemia

Dennis DT, Inglesby TV, Henderson DA, Bartlett JG,
Ascher MS, Eitzen E, Fine AD, Friedlander AM, Hauer J,
Layton M, Lillibridge SR, McDade JE, Osterholm MT,
O'Toole T, Parker G, Perl TM, Russell PK, Tonat K,
Working Group on Civilian Biodefense.
Tularemia as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public
Health Management.
JAMA. 2001;285(Jun 6):2763-73.

Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses

Borio L, Inglesby T, Peters CJ, et al.
Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons:
Medical and Public Health Management.
JAMA. 2002;287:2391-2405.

Issues in Quarantine

Barbera J, Macintyre A, Gostin L, et al.
Large Scale Terrorism Following Biological
Terrorism in the United States
JAMA. 2001;286:2711-2717.

Broad-based Bioterrorism Resources

Army Field Manual 8-284, Navy Navmed P-5042, AFMAN(I)
44-156, MCRP 4-11.1C.
Treatment of Biological Warfare Agent Casualties.
Department of Defense, Jul 2000.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
www.bt.cdc.gov

Christopher GW, Cieslak TJ, Pavlin JA, Eitzen EM Jr.
Biological warfare: A Historical Perspective.
JAMA. 1997; 278(Aug 6): 412-7.

Franz DR, Jahrling PB, Friedlander AM, McClain DJ,
Hoover DL, Bryne WR, Pavlin JA, Christopher GW,
Eitzen EM Jr.
Clinical Recognition & Management of Patients
Exposed to Biological Warfare Agents.
JAMA. 1997;278(Aug 6):399-411.

Chemical Weapon Casualties

US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense.
Field Management of Chemical Casualties,
2nd ed. Jul 2000.

US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense.
Medical Management of Chemical Casualties,
3rd ed. Aug 1999.

Radiologic Casualties

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute.
Medical Management of Radiologic Casualties,
1st ed. Dec 1999.

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Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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