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Anthrax Home > Anthrax Basics >
Anthrax: Fact Sheets and Overviews
• Anthrax: What You Need To Know
What you should know about anthrax including symptoms, exposure, & treatment.
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• How to Recognize or Handle a Suspicious Package or Envelope
Updated Nov. 2003
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Microsoft Word Word (24 KB/2 pages)
• Children & Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for Parents
What you should know as a parent & how to reduce any fears your children may have.
Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF (323 KB/2 pages)
Microsoft Word Word (239 KB/2 pages)
• Fact Sheet: Anthrax Information for Health Care Providers
Fact sheet outlining diagnosis, testing, treatment, & reporting
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• Technical Information About Anthrax
Background fact sheet. From Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC
• Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax: The First 10 Cases Reported in the United States
Emerging Infectious Diseases 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):933-944.
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• Clinical & Epidemiologic Principles of Anthrax
Emerging Infectious Diseases 1999 Jul-Aug;5(4):552-555.
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• Anthrax as a Biological Weapon: Medical & Public Health Management
JAMA 1999;281(18):1735-1745.
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