Anthrax Basics
What You Need To Know Basic information about the disease...
Questions & Answers Includes anthrax & the mail, worker safety, & other topics...
Mail Handlers Information for postal employees & others who handle mail...
Fact Sheets & Overviews About anthrax, suspicious packages, talking to children...
Specific Topics
Diagnosis/Evaluation (Signs & Symptoms) Clinical presentation, patient evaluation...
Environment/Response Detection, cleanup, environmental sampling...
Exposure Management/Prophylaxis (Preventing Transmission) Antibiotics, responding to exposure to spores...
Images Inhalational anthrax, cutaneous anthrax...
Infection Control Isolation/quarantine, decontamination...
Lab Testing Protocols, collecting specimens, packaging, agent recognition...
Preparation & Planning Lessons learned, partnerships, working with law enforcement...
References Selected publications, journal articles, books, MMWR, EID...
Surveillance & Investigation Outbreak detection, epidemiologic investigations...
Training Opportunities & Materials Webcasts, courses, training materials...
Treatment Options, antibiotics, recommendations...
Vaccination Vaccine research, vaccine status, safety issues...
Work Safety Investigators, first responders, mail handlers, equipment, clothing...
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Press Release: CDC Collaboration Yields New Test for Anthrax NEW! Jun 7, 2004
MMWR: Responding to Detection of Aerosolized Bacillus anthracis by Autonomous Detection Systems in the Workplace
Video: "The History of Bioterrorism"
How to Recognize & Handle a Suspicious Package or Envelope
Video: "Protecting Your Health" (for People who Process, Sort, & Deliver the Mail)
Q & A: Anthrax & the Mail
Q & A: Worker Safety
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