CDC Update: CDC Case Definition of Anthrax and Summary of Confirmed Cases [Sunday, October 21, 2001, 19:26 EDT (7:26 PM EDT)]

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• Alternative Title:
  Case definition of anthrax and summary of confirmed cases
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  Sunday, October 21, 2001, 19:26 EDT (7:26 PM EDT)
  
  CDCHAN-00039-2001-10-21-UPD-N (1:39 PM EDT)
  
  CDC case definition of anthrax: CDC defines a confirmed case of anthrax as 1) a clinically compatible case of cutaneous, inhalational, or gastrointestinal illness that is laboratory confirmed by isolation of B. anthracis from an affected tissue or site or 2) other laboratory evidence of B. anthracis infection based on at least two supportive laboratory tests.
  
  October 21, 2001 - Summary of confirmed cases: Based on this definition, CDC is reporting eight confirmed cases of anthrax: two in Florida, three in New York, two in New Jersey, and one case in Washington, D.C. (in collaboration with public health officials in Maryland and Virginia).
  
  One additional unconfirmed case is under investigation.
  
  Event Type: anthrax terrorism event
  
  Context: cases/case definition
  
  Event Type: Man-made
  
  Agent Type: bacteria
  
  Specify Agent (Name): anthrax
  
  International: no
  
  Intentional/Unintentional: intentional
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Anthrax Case Definition
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 039
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Update
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Issue:
  00039
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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