Anthrax

• Latest News
• Judge Bars Military from Forced Anthrax Shots (10/28/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Anthrax (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Overviews
• Anthrax (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Anthrax: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Questions and Answers about Anthrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• What Is Anthrax? (Nemours Foundation)

• Pictures/Diagrams
• Cutaneous Anthrax -- Vesicle Development (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Inhalational Anthrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Anthrax Q & A: Diagnosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Anthrax Q & A: Laboratory Testing (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Anthrax Q & A: Signs and Symptoms (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• What's the Difference Between Flu and Anthrax Symptoms? (Food and Drug Administration)

• Treatment
• Anthrax Q & A: Treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Patient Information on Amoxicillin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Patient Information on Ciprofloxacin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Patient Information on Doxycycline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Patient Information on Penicillin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Anthrax (National Institutes of Health)

• Alternative Therapy
• Bioterrorism and CAM: What the Public Needs to Know (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

• Prevention/Screening
• Anthrax Q & A: Preventive Therapy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Anthrax Q & A: Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Anthrax Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File
• How to Recognize and Handle a Suspicious Package or Envelope (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Irradiated Mail (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation)

• Related Issues
• Anthrax Q & A: Exposure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Anthrax Q & A: Risk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Bleach (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
• Chlorine Dioxide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
• Emergency Preparedness and Response: Anthrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Ethylene Oxide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
• Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxyacetic Acid (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
• Mass Psychogenic Illness (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Methyl Bromide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
• Offers to Treat Biological Threats: What You Need to Know (Federal Trade Commission)
• Paraformaldehyde (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant
• Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (Environmental Protection Agency) - Anthrax Decontaminant

• Research
• 3-D Structure of Anthrax Toxin Complex Solved (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Anthrax Survivors Continued to Have Health Problems One Year after Exposure (American Medical Association)
• Molecular Mechanism Underlying Anthrax Infection Described by NIEHS-funded Researchers (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Mouse Study Gives New View of Anthrax Toxin (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Research Brief: Anthrax Toxin Structure Solved (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
• Screening for Inhalational Anthrax after a Bioterrorist Attack (American College of Physicians)
• Secondary Aerosolization of Anthrax Spores Possible Following Initial Contamination of a Senate Office (American Medical Association)

• Genetics
• Anthrax Genome Decoded (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Organizations
• Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (Dept. of Defense)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

• Women
• Guidelines for Pregnant Women Who Have Been Exposed to Anthrax But Do Not Have Symptoms (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)

• Children
• Anthrax/Bioterrorism Q and A (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• What Is Anthrax? (Nemours Foundation)

• Teenagers
• What Is Anthrax? (Nemours Foundation)

• Other Languages
• Anthrax: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File - Vietnamese language material
• Maladie du Charbon: Ce Qu’il Faut Savoir (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File - French language material