First Case of Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax, Florida, 2001: North Carolina Investigation

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Maillard, Jean-Marie ; Fischer, Marc ; McKee, Kelly T. ; Turner, Lou F. ; Cline, J. Steven
• Description:
  The index case of inhalational anthrax in October 2001 was in a man who lived and worked in Florida. However, during the 3 days before illness onset, the patient had traveled through North Carolina, raising the possibility that exposure to Bacillus anthracis spores could have occurred there. The rapid response in North Carolina included surveillance among hospital intensive-care units, microbiology laboratories, medical examiners, and veterinarians, and site investigations at locations visited by the index patient to identify the naturally occurring or bioterrorism-related source of his exposure.
• Subjects:
  • Anthrax
  • Bioterrorism
  • Decision Trees
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Epidemiological Monitoring
  • Humans
  • Inhalation Exposure
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(10):1035-1038.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; North Carolina
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14065/cdc_14065_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4c446431ce7881c51adde6957b9c898d67cfa1867f4374c36d9f2b2720ba9e7b