Anthrax Info
Common sense information about anthrax. Includes a summary of public health recommendations and glossary, with links to quality information and lesson plans for teachers.
Anthrax - Health factsheets from BUPA
Concise factsheet explaining the causes, symptoms & treatment of Anthrax, available for downloading in Adobe Acrobat
Facts About Anthrax and Smallpox as Bioterrorism Weapons
Concern about deliberate use of disease agents as bioterrorism weapons presently focuses on anthrax and smallpox.
Hatfill and the Nazis
Connections between the anthrax attacks, Dr. Steven Hatfill and the Nazis. Draws on numerous researcher sites to show that wherever Hatfill went so did anthrax in envelopes.
Anthrax Bioterrorism and Health Care: A CE Course
A short continuing education course on anthrax as it relates to present health care for nurses, and social workers.
Anthrax - vaccine and treatment. Safety, benefits and risks.
Anthrax threat, anthrax infection, anthrax vaccine and prevention.
Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program
The Official DoD Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) Web Site. Your definitive source for information about anthrax - the disease, the threat, the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine and the implementation of the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. A reference guide for our troops, their families and friends to help understand the AVIP and its importance as a part of Total Force Health Protection.
Anthrax Facts
Factsheet with cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
Anthrax
Bacteriology Lecture by Kenneth Todar, University of Wisconsin Department of Bacteriology.
Anthrax Response Manual
A free stat manual for the identification, management and treatment of inhalation anthrax.
CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Anthrax
Links to news releases and sites related to the disease as a biological weapon.
Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Human Cutaneous Anthrax
Case study of one incident in North Carolina, 1987.
Bioterrorism Alleging Use of Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Management
1998 report on bioterrorism reports and threats and CDC guidelines for handling them.
Anthrax
General and technical information about anthrax from the Centers for Disease Control. Also includes section with links to other sites and articles.
Anthrax: A Possible Case History
A fictitious case history developed by the Center for Disease Control to examine response systems in the event of a real emergency.
Anthrax Scares
The Infectious Diseases Department at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati provides information resources pertaining to anthrax.
Countering the Anthrax Threat
Plain English site giving lots of information about the U.S. DoD Total Force Anthrax Innoculation Program
Anthrax and Children
A discusses on anthrax treatment in children, including the possible side effects of antibiotics.
DrGreene.com: Anthrax
Learn about anthrax, the latest form of bioterrorism. This article explains the different forms of anthrax, how they are transmitted, and treatment options available.
eMedicine: Anthrax Infection
Article by Hilarie Cranmer, MD.
eMedicine Health - Anthrax
Consumer health resource center providing information on the types of anthrax, symptoms, and treatment options.
Anthrax as Bio-War Agent
treatment.
Mail Handling in the age of bioterrorism
A security consultant who has been sterilizing mail fills the information void on handling and decontaminating anthrax tainted mail.
Official CDC Bioterrorism Alert: Handling Anthrax Threats
This contains the CDC's 2001-10-12 instructions on handling mail suspected of containing Anthrax, and the USPS' 2001-10-15 information on identifying Anthrax mail.
Bioterrorism: War Tools Of The New Millennium
Health information about anthrax and bioterrorism reviewed by Harvard Medical School. Includes breaking health news and commentaries from leading physicians.
Intelihealth Anthrax Information
Site contains relevant news and health information related to recent Anthrax incidents.
The Science of Terrorism
The biology of anthrax
Anthrax & Anthrax Vaccine (Hardin MD)
From the University of Iowa, extensive lists of Internet sources on Anthrax & Anthrax Vaccine.
UK Anthrax Voluntary Immunisation Programme
Details of the UK's voluntary programme of anthrax immunisation for service and civilian personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf region.
Anthrax
Chapter from the Textbook of Military Medicine, Walter Reed AMC in .pdf format. [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
MedlinePlus: Anthrax
Directory of articles, fact sheets, and news releases.
Medlineplus Medical Encyclopedia: Inhalation anthrax
Includes symptoms, cause, treaments, and complications.
American Anthrax Outbreak of 2001
Features an analysis of intentionally-spread anthrax in the United States. Includes chronology of the event, case studies, and related links.
Gavel2Gavel: Anthrax
Includes a FAQ on the disease, its symptoms, treatment, and possible use as a terrorist weapon, and a diagram of the effects of inhaling anthrax spores.
Bacillus anthracis cell diagram
Computer graphic of a bacillus anthracis cell (anthrax bacterium). Shows cell wall layers and capsule.
Salon: The terror at home
The arrest of two men in Las Vegas on charges of carrying stocks of the anthrax virus highlights how easy it is to make weapons of mass destruction. And to some terrorism experts, that's a lot scarier than Saddam Hussein.
Anthrax as a Biological Warfare Agent
Information on bacillus anthracis, the use on anthrax in terrorist attacks, prevention and symptoms.
Anthrax: Separating Fear from Fact
From Time Magazine, latest information on anthrax and protection from anthrax.
Anthrax News - Topix.net
Latest news stories.
Center for Biosecurity: Anthrax
Information about the possible casualties if anthrax is used as a weapon.
WHO: Anthrax
World Health Organization fact sheet on this disease and information about the international organization's efforts to control it.
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