Anthrax: An Old Disease Raising New Fears

Shaun Morris

doi:10.26443/mjm.v6i2.682

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2002)

Anthrax: An Old Disease Raising New Fears

Shaun Morris

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v6i2.682
Submitted: November 8, 2020
Published: 2002-12-01

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References

Dragon, DC, Elkin, BT, Nishi, JS, Ellsworth, TR. A review of anthrax in Canada and its implications for research of the disease in northern bison [review]. Journal of Applied Microbiology 87: 208-213; 1999.
Hugh-Jones, M. 1996-1997 global anthrax report. Journal of Applied Microbiology 87: 189-191; 1999.
Dirckx, JH. Virgil on anthrax. American Journal of Dermatopathology 3: 191-195; 1981.
Zydowicz, D. Anthrax: a disease from antiquity visits the modern world. Minn Med 81: 19-20; 1998.
Christophe, GW, Cieslack, TJ, Pavlin, JA, et al. Biological warfare: a historical perspective. JAMA 278: 412-417; 1997.
Shafazand, S, Doyle, R, Ruoss, S, Weinacker, A, Raffin, TA. Inhalational Anthrax. Chest 116: 1369-1376; 1999.
Meselson, M, Guillemin, J, Hugh-Jones, M, et al. The Sverdlovsk anthrax outbreak of 1979. Science 266: 1202-1208; 1994.
Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th Edition. Editors: Fauci, AS, Braunwald, E, Isselbacher, KJ, Wilson, JD, Martin, JB, Kasper, DL, Hauser, SL, Longo, DL. New York, New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, 1998.
LaForce, FW. Anthrax. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 19: 1009- 1014; 1994.
Dixon, TC, Meselson, M, Guillemin, J, Hanna, PC. Anthrax [review]. New England Journal of Medicine 341: 815-26; 1999.
Franz, DR, Jahrling, PB, Friedlander, AM, et al. Clinical recognition and management of patients exposed to biological warfare agents. JAMA 278: 399-411; 1997.
Weir, E. Anthrax: of bison and bioterrorism. CMAJ 163(5): 608; 2000 Sept 5.
Jefferson, T, Demicheli, V, Deeks, J, Graves, P, Pratt, M, Rivetti, D. Vaccines for preventing anthrax [Cochrane review]. In: The Cochrane Library; Issue 3, 2000. Oxford: Update Software.
Inglesby TV, Henderson, DA, Bartlett, JG, et al. Anthrax as a biological weapon: medical and public health management [review]. JAMA 281: 1735-1745; 1999.

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Keywords

anthrax
bacillus anthracis
biological weapon

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[1] Dragon, DC, Elkin, BT, Nishi, JS, Ellsworth, TR. A review of anthrax in Canada and its implications for research of the disease in northern bison [review]. Journal of Applied Microbiology 87: 208-213; 1999.

[2] Hugh-Jones, M. 1996-1997 global anthrax report. Journal of Applied Microbiology 87: 189-191; 1999.

[3] Dirckx, JH. Virgil on anthrax. American Journal of Dermatopathology 3: 191-195; 1981.

[4] Zydowicz, D. Anthrax: a disease from antiquity visits the modern world. Minn Med 81: 19-20; 1998.

[5] Christophe, GW, Cieslack, TJ, Pavlin, JA, et al. Biological warfare: a historical perspective. JAMA 278: 412-417; 1997.

[6] Shafazand, S, Doyle, R, Ruoss, S, Weinacker, A, Raffin, TA. Inhalational Anthrax. Chest 116: 1369-1376; 1999.

[7] Meselson, M, Guillemin, J, Hugh-Jones, M, et al. The Sverdlovsk anthrax outbreak of 1979. Science 266: 1202-1208; 1994.

[8] Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th Edition. Editors: Fauci, AS, Braunwald, E, Isselbacher, KJ, Wilson, JD, Martin, JB, Kasper, DL, Hauser, SL, Longo, DL. New York, New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, 1998.

[9] LaForce, FW. Anthrax. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 19: 1009- 1014; 1994.

[10] Dixon, TC, Meselson, M, Guillemin, J, Hanna, PC. Anthrax [review]. New England Journal of Medicine 341: 815-26; 1999.

[11] Franz, DR, Jahrling, PB, Friedlander, AM, et al. Clinical recognition and management of patients exposed to biological warfare agents. JAMA 278: 399-411; 1997.

[12] Weir, E. Anthrax: of bison and bioterrorism. CMAJ 163(5): 608; 2000 Sept 5.

[13] Jefferson, T, Demicheli, V, Deeks, J, Graves, P, Pratt, M, Rivetti, D. Vaccines for preventing anthrax [Cochrane review]. In: The Cochrane Library; Issue 3, 2000. Oxford: Update Software.

[14] Inglesby TV, Henderson, DA, Bartlett, JG, et al. Anthrax as a biological weapon: medical and public health management [review]. JAMA 281: 1735-1745; 1999.