Gram-positive Rod Surveillance for Early Anthrax Detection

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Begier, Elizabeth M. ; Barrett, Nancy L. ; Mshar, Patricia A. ; Johnson, David G. ; Hadler, James L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Connecticut Bioterrorism Field Epidemiology Response Team
• Description:
  Connecticut established telephone-based gram-positive rod (GPR) reporting primarily to detect inhalational anthrax cases more quickly. From March to December 2003, annualized incidence of blood isolates was 21.3/100,000 persons; reports included 293 Corynebacterium spp., 193 Bacillus spp., 73 Clostridium spp., 26 Lactobacillus spp., and 49 other genera. Around-the-clock GPR reporting has described GPR epidemiology and enhanced rapid communication with clinical laboratories.
• Subjects:
  Anthrax Bacillus Anthracis Bioterrorism Clinical Laboratory Techniques Dispatch Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Inhalation Exposure Mandatory Reporting Middle Aged Population Surveillance Telephone Time Factors

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1483-1486.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:04f7e4e2c1ffc157157c7723778ac9ec8430cc6d9f9f783bfa2c62cae428408b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7845/cdc_7845_DS1.pdf
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